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Nine grahas, one sacred fire
The havan is where the pujan is offered. Ghee, samagri and mantras go into the fire for all nine grahas, and the purnahuti, the full final offering, completes it.
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About this pujan
- All nine grahas, together. Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Budh, Brihaspati, Shukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu are installed on the Navagraha mandal and worshipped in one pujan, so none is left out.
- Performed in your name and gotra. The pandits take your sankalp for you. One name is included, and family members can join the same sankalp.
- Your own ceremony, three ways. Navagraha Path is one sitting: the Navagraha stotra and one havan. Shanti Pujan takes up to three days, with food and vastra for the brahmins. Sampoorna Mahapujan takes four to five days and adds the additional Vedic processes, each graha's own beej-mantra jaap and its own samidha in the havan.
- Or the monthly group pujan. Your family's names in the sankalp at the Institute's monthly ceremony, on a Shukla Paksha Sunday muhurat; always performed, however many families book.
- Guided by your Astrologer. With the Sampoorna Mahapujan, a call before the puja settles which grahas to emphasise and the muhurat.
- See it done. Photos of your puja are sent to you after the ceremony.
- Book from anywhere. You do not need to be present.
Pujas
Navagraha Shanti Puja
Navagraha Pujan for all nine grahas · नवग्रह शांति पूजा
One pujan for all nine grahas, performed for you in your name and gotra, wherever you are.
- In your name and gotra
- All nine grahas
- Photos after the ceremony
- Book from anywhere
One pujan for all nine grahas, performed for you in your name and gotra, wherever you are.
Your SankalpIn your name and gotra
The Pujan in FullBy the full Vedic procedure
Photos of Your PujaSent to you after the ceremony
The nine grahas, side by side
In Navagraha shrines the nine stand together on one platform. The pujan seats them the same way on the Navagraha mandal, each with its colour and grain: wheat for Surya, rice for Chandra, black sesame for Shani.
Sampoorna Mahapujan
The wood the tradition gives each graha
In the Mahapujan each graha receives its own samidha in the fire: Aak for Surya, Palash for Chandra, Khair for Mangal, Apamarg for Budh, Peepal for Brihaspati, Gular for Shukra, Shami for Shani, Durva for Rahu and Kusha for Ketu.
From booking to blessing
- 1Choose your pujan and add the names for the sankalp.
- 2Speak with your Astrologer (Sampoorna Mahapujan) to choose the grahas to emphasise and the muhurat.
- 3The pandits perform the pujan in your name and gotra.
- 4Photos of your puja are sent to you after the ceremony.
Compare the three ways
| What you get | Navagraha Path | Shanti Pujan | Sampoorna Mahapujanthe fullest form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹12,100 incl. GST | ₹24,800 incl. GST | ₹53,100 incl. GST |
| When | One sitting | Up to 3 days | 4–5 days |
| All nine grahas invoked | — | ||
| Navagraha stotra | |||
| Havan | One havan | One for all nine | With each graha's own samidha |
| Food and vastra for the brahmins | — | ||
| Additional Vedic processes, longer hours each day | — | — | |
| Each graha's beej-mantra jaap | — | — | |
| Call with your Astrologer | — | — | Before the puja |
| Sankalp in your name and gotra | |||
| Photos of your puja |
Each is your own ceremony, performed in full, in your name and gotra, with your sankalp. One name is included; further names can be added to the same sankalp when you book. The monthly group pujan is a different way to take part; it is described under the price at the top of the page.
Navagraha Shanti Puja, also written Navgraha Shanti Puja, is the Vedic pujan of all nine grahas together: Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Budh, Brihaspati, Shukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu. It is offered in your name and gotra, with your sankalp.
You choose how your own ceremony is done, on your date. Navagraha Path is one sitting: the Navagraha stotra is recited and one havan is offered. Shanti Pujan takes up to three days: all nine grahas are invoked, the Navagraha stotra is recited and the havan is offered, with food and vastra for the brahmins. The Sampoorna Mahapujan takes four to five days, with longer hours each day: it includes everything in Shanti Pujan, the additional Vedic processes, and each graha's own beej-mantra jaap and its own samidha in the havan. It comes with a call with your Astrologer before the puja, to choose the grahas to emphasise and the muhurat.
You can also take part in the monthly group pujan (samuhik). Your family's names are taken in the sankalp at the Institute's monthly Navagraha pujan, on a Shukla Paksha Sunday muhurat. It is always performed, however many families book, and photos of the ceremony are sent to you after.
A pujan is prayer performed in a set, careful way. Like every prayer it is answered as nature decides, in the best interest of you and everyone involved; no result can be promised.
What is Navagraha Shanti Puja
The Navagraha are the nine grahas of Jyotish: Surya (the Sun), Chandra (the Moon), Mangal (Mars), Budh (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shukra (Venus), Shani (Saturn), and the two nodes of the Moon, Rahu and Ketu. The tradition holds that each graha shapes a part of life, and that a graha weak or afflicted in a chart can weigh on the part it rules.
Navagraha Shanti Puja honours all nine together, so that none is left out. Each graha is installed in its own place on the Navagraha mandal and worshipped with its mantra, its colour and its grain, and offerings are made to all nine in the havan. Shanti means peace: the pujan asks each graha to be calm and favourable.
Who should have it
The tradition turns to Navagraha Shanti Puja:
- In a difficult dasha or antardasha, above all of Shani, Rahu or Ketu
- In Sade Sati, Shani's seven and a half years around the Moon sign
- When several grahas are weak or afflicted in a chart at once, rather than one
- Before a marriage, a new venture or another new beginning
When one graha alone weighs on your chart, its own puja may suit you better; the related pujas are at the end of this page. If you are unsure, ask us before you book.
Benefits of Navagraha Shanti Puja
The tradition holds that Navagraha Shanti Puja calms the grahas that weigh on a chart and steadies those that support it. Families perform it for steadiness of mind, for fewer obstacles in work and at home, and for a good start to what comes next.
A pujan is prayer performed in a set, careful way. Like every prayer it is answered as nature decides, in the best interest of you and everyone involved; no result can be promised.
How the pujan is performed
Shanti Pujan and the Sampoorna Mahapujan follow this Vedic order; the steps marked Mahapujan belong to the Sampoorna Mahapujan. Navagraha Path is one sitting: Sankalp, the Navagraha stotra and one havan.
- Sankalp: the pandits take your sankalp in your name and gotra, with the names you have added.
- Ganesh puja and Kalash puja: Ganesh is worshipped first, so that the pujan goes without obstacle, and the Kalash is set up and worshipped.
- Navagraha sthapana: the nine grahas are installed in their places on the Navagraha mandal and invoked one by one.
- Navagraha stotra: the hymn to the nine grahas is recited.
- Beej-mantra jaap (Mahapujan): each graha's own beej mantra is chanted for it.
- Havan: offerings are made into the sacred fire with the mantras. In the Mahapujan each graha receives its own samidha, the wood the tradition gives it.
- Purnahuti: the full, final offering that completes the havan.
- Aarti: the pujan closes with aarti.
The nine grahas: mantra, samidha, colour and grain
Each graha has its own beej mantra, its own samidha for the havan, its colour and its grain. In the Sampoorna Mahapujan each graha's mantra is chanted for it and its samidha is offered in the havan.
Surya (the Sun)
- Beej mantra
- Om Hraam Hreem Hroum Sah Suryaya Namah
- Samidha
- Aak (Arka)
- Colour
- Red
- Grain
- Wheat
Chandra (the Moon)
- Beej mantra
- Om Shraam Shreem Shroum Sah Chandraya Namah
- Samidha
- Palash
- Colour
- White
- Grain
- Rice
Mangal (Mars)
- Beej mantra
- Om Kraam Kreem Kroum Sah Bhaumaya Namah
- Samidha
- Khair (Khadira)
- Colour
- Red
- Grain
- Toor dal
Budh (Mercury)
- Beej mantra
- Om Braam Breem Broum Sah Budhaya Namah
- Samidha
- Apamarg
- Colour
- Green
- Grain
- Moong
Brihaspati (Jupiter)
- Beej mantra
- Om Graam Greem Groum Sah Gurave Namah
- Samidha
- Peepal (Ashvattha)
- Colour
- Yellow
- Grain
- Chana
Shukra (Venus)
- Beej mantra
- Om Draam Dreem Droum Sah Shukraya Namah
- Samidha
- Gular (Udumbara)
- Colour
- White
- Grain
- White beans
Shani (Saturn)
- Beej mantra
- Om Praam Preem Proum Sah Shanaischaraya Namah
- Samidha
- Shami
- Colour
- Black
- Grain
- Black sesame
Rahu
- Beej mantra
- Om Bhraam Bhreem Bhroum Sah Rahave Namah
- Samidha
- Durva
- Colour
- Blue
- Grain
- Urad
Ketu
- Beej mantra
- Om Sraam Sreem Sroum Sah Ketave Namah
- Samidha
- Kusha
- Colour
- Grey
- Grain
- Horse gram (kulthi)
Best day and muhurat
Because it honours all nine grahas, Navagraha Shanti Puja is not tied to one weekday the way a single graha's puja is, such as Sunday for Surya or Saturday for Shani. The tradition looks instead for a good muhurat in the panchang: a favourable tithi, nakshatra and yoga, away from Rahu Kaal.
Many families choose the start of a new dasha, the day of the birth nakshatra, or a day before a marriage or a new venture. With the Sampoorna Mahapujan, the muhurat is chosen by your Astrologer on the call before the puja.
The monthly group pujan (samuhik)
Your family's names are taken in the sankalp at the Institute's monthly Navagraha pujan, on a Shukla Paksha Sunday muhurat. It is always performed, however many families book, and photos of the ceremony are sent to you after.
Choose by how many names you bring:
- For you, 1 name: ₹3,100 including GST
- Couple, 2 names: ₹5,100 including GST
- Family, up to 4 names: ₹8,100 including GST
- Joint family, up to 6 names: ₹9,901 including GST
Book whenever you are ready: your family is included in the next ceremony, and its date appears in your dashboard the moment you book.
Booking from India or abroad
You do not need to be present. The pujan is performed in your name and gotra by your sankalp, wherever you live, and you can pay in rupees or in dollars.
Photos of your puja are sent to you after the ceremony.
Why Astro River
- Your sankalp in your name and gotra, and family members can be added to the same sankalp.
- Performed by Vedic pandits by the full procedure, with photos of your puja sent to you after the ceremony.
- With the Sampoorna Mahapujan, a call with your Astrologer before the puja, to choose the grahas to emphasise and the muhurat. The Institute reads charts by classical Parashari and KP, with its own Ashtakavarga weighting.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
What is Navagraha Shanti Puja, and why is it done?
It is the Vedic pujan of all nine grahas together, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Budh, Brihaspati, Shukra, Shani, Rahu and Ketu, offered in your name and gotra. The tradition performs it to calm the grahas that weigh on a chart and to ask all nine to be favourable: in a difficult dasha, in Sade Sati, when several grahas are afflicted at once, and before a marriage or a new venture.
What are the benefits of Navagraha Shanti Puja?
The tradition holds that it brings steadiness of mind, fewer obstacles and a good start to what comes next, by calming the grahas that weigh on a chart and steadying those that support it. A pujan is prayer performed in a set, careful way. Like every prayer it is answered as nature decides, in the best interest of you and everyone involved; no result can be promised.
How much does Navagraha Shanti Puja cost?
Your own ceremony: Navagraha Path is ₹12,100 including GST: one sitting, with the Navagraha stotra and one havan. Shanti Pujan is ₹24,800 including GST: up to three days, with all nine grahas invoked, the Navagraha stotra and the havan, and food and vastra for the brahmins. The Sampoorna Mahapujan is ₹53,100 including GST: four to five days with longer hours each day, everything in Shanti Pujan, the additional Vedic processes, each graha's own beej-mantra jaap and its own samidha in the havan, and a call with your Astrologer before the puja, to choose the grahas to emphasise and the muhurat. One name is included in the sankalp; further names can be added when you book. The monthly group pujan is ₹3,100 including GST for one name, ₹5,100 including GST for a couple, ₹8,100 including GST for a family of up to four and ₹9,901 including GST for a joint family of up to six.
Which day is best for Navagraha Shanti Puja? (नवग्रह की पूजा कब करनी चाहिए)
It is not tied to one weekday, as a single graha's puja is. The tradition chooses a good muhurat from the panchang, a favourable tithi, nakshatra and yoga away from Rahu Kaal, often at the start of a new dasha, on the birth nakshatra, or before a marriage or a new venture. With the Sampoorna Mahapujan, the muhurat is chosen by your Astrologer.
Can Navagraha Shanti Puja be done online? Do I need to be present?
Yes, you can book it online, and you do not need to be present. The pandits perform it in your name and gotra by your sankalp, wherever you live. Photos of your puja are sent to you after the ceremony.
What is the difference between Navagraha Shanti Puja and Navagraha Homam?
A homam, or havan, is the offering into the sacred fire. Navagraha Homam usually names the fire offering to the nine grahas; Navagraha Shanti Puja is the whole pujan, the sankalp, Ganesh and Kalash puja, Navagraha sthapana and stotra, closing with that havan. Each way of your own ceremony includes the havan, and in the Sampoorna Mahapujan each graha receives its own samidha. For a larger fire ceremony, see the Navagraha Maha Yagna.
Should I have Navagraha Shanti Puja or a puja for one graha?
When several grahas weigh on your chart, or you are unsure which one does, the tradition turns to the Navgraha puja, which honours all nine. When one graha clearly stands out, such as Shani in Sade Sati or Rahu in its mahadasha, that graha's own puja may suit you better. If you are unsure, ask us before you book; with the Sampoorna Mahapujan, your Astrologer chooses the grahas to emphasise with you.
What is the monthly group pujan?
It is a different way to take part. Your family's names are taken in the sankalp at the Institute's monthly Navagraha pujan, on a Shukla Paksha Sunday muhurat. It is always performed, however many families book, and photos of the ceremony are sent to you after. You choose by how many names you bring: one, two, up to four or up to six.
What do I receive after the puja?
Photos of your puja are sent to you after the ceremony.
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