Navagraha & Planetary Homas
Homas for the grahas whose placement marks a birth chart.
The nine grahas are propitiated one by one, or together, when a chart shows affliction, a heavy dasha, or a transit that the devotee feels in daily life. At the Yagna Ashram each rite is performed with the mantras, samagri and ahuti proper to that planet; the homam is telecast live so she may sit with it from her own home.
Devotees book these for
- A chart reading that names one graha as weak, combust, or badly placed
- Entry into Rahu, Ketu, or Shani dasha, or the long stretch of Sade Sati
- Moon and Ketu sitting together, noted as grahan dosha by the family astrologer
- Guru joined with Rahu or Ketu, leaving judgement and faith unsteady
- Mars affliction raised before a marriage alliance or a property matter
- A Sun or Moon placement tied to the father’s or mother’s wellbeing
- Several planets flagged at once, with no single graha standing out
- A desire to propitiate the planet of the current mahadasha before a new undertaking
Standard Homas
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Budha Homam
For a strained Mercury — clarity of speech, study, memory, trade and steady nerves. ✓ Free energised Budha Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Chandra Homam
For an afflicted Moon, restless sleep, unsettled emotions and the mother's wellbeing ✓ Free energised Chandra Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Guru Homam
For an afflicted Jupiter — wisdom, guidance, learning, marriage prospects and dharmic growth ✓ Free energised Brihaspati Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Ketu Homam
For Ketu dasha, Ketu affliction in the chart, and steadier focus on the inner path ✓ Free energised Ketu Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Rahu Homam
For Rahu dasha, Rahu-Ketu dosha and the confusion, delay and unease Rahu can bring. ✓ Free energised Rahu Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Sevvai Homam
For an afflicted Mars — courage, steady temper, land and marriage matters, and Kuja relief. ✓ Free energised Angaraka Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Shani Homam
For Shani transits, Sade Sati and delays — to steady Saturn's discipline and its benefic side. ✓ Free energised Sani Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Shukra Homam
For an afflicted Venus — harmony in marriage, comfort, artistry and graceful living ✓ Free energised Shukra Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →
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Surya Homam
For an afflicted Sun in the chart — vitality, standing, clarity and the father's wellbeing. ✓ Free energised Surya Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$177View ritual →Maha Homas
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Maha Homam
Chandra Ketu Grahan Dosh Homam
For charts where Moon and Ketu sit together — grahan dosha shanti and inner steadiness. ✓ Free energised Chandra-Ketu Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$737View ritual →
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Maha Homam
Guru Chandal Dosha Nivaran Homam
For horoscopes where Guru sits with Rahu or Ketu — to steady judgement and faith. ✓ Free energised Brihaspati Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$737View ritual →
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Maha Homam
Navagraha Homam
Pacify an afflicted planet and strengthen its benefic effects in your chart. ✓ Free energised Navagraha Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$737View ritual →
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Maha Homam
Rahu-Ketu Shanti Homam
Booked to pacify Rahu-Ketu doshas and restore balance across the whole birth chart. ✓ Free energised Rahu-Ketu Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet From$737View ritual →Which planetary homam is which
These four are the easiest to confuse with each other. They are not interchangeable — each addresses a different part of the same difficulty.
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| Navagraha Homam | Afflicted planets across the chart and their benefic strength | Devotees whose reading points to several grahas at once | $737 | View → |
| Rahu Homam | Rahu dasha, Rahu affliction, delay, confusion and unease | Those in Rahu periods or carrying marked Rahu pressure | $177 | View → |
| Ketu Homam | Ketu dasha, Ketu affliction, and steadier focus on the inner path | Devotees under Ketu dasha or unsettled in spiritual direction | $177 | View → |
| Rahu-Ketu Shanti Homam | Rahu-Ketu doshas and balance across the whole birth chart | Families seeking joint shanti for both lunar nodes together | $737 | View → |
Booking more than one is ordinary when several grahas weigh on the same chart. Tradition usually addresses the planet of the current dasha first, or the most heavily afflicted; a Navagraha Homam is often chosen when the reading spans many houses rather than a single graha. Rahu and Ketu are commonly propitiated together in a Rahu-Ketu Shanti Homam instead of as two separate rites, unless the astrologer has named only one node.
The most auspicious days for planetary rituals
Each graha has weekdays and moments long associated with its own worship.
Sunday for Surya, Monday for Chandra, Tuesday for Angaraka, Wednesday for Budha, Thursday for Brihaspati, Friday for Shukra, and Saturday for Sani. The planet’s own day is the simplest traditional anchor for its homam.
Saturday belongs to Shani. Rites for Saturn, Sade Sati, and related transits are frequently fixed on this day.
Thursday is Brihaspati’s day. Guru Homam and rites touching judgement, learning, and dharmic steadying are often placed then.
Solar and lunar eclipses are the natural occasion for grahan-dosha shanti, including the Chandra Ketu Grahan Dosh Homam, when the chart shows that yoga.
The dark and full moon are used for node-related and Chandra rites when the astrologer prefers a tithi over a weekday.
You need not wait for one of these days. The muhurta for every homam is calculated from the devotee’s own birth chart, so the rite may be fixed on any date the almanac and the chart allow.
About planetary homas
Not sure which of these to choose?
If the chart leaves more than one graha in question, the free ritual guide sets each rite in this category beside the others so the distinctions are plain. A live consultation with our pandits can settle the choice before anything is booked.
Why a homam is performed for the grahas that govern a birth chart
In the Vedic reading of a life, the nine grahas are not distant bodies alone; they are the forces whose dignity, aspect, and dasha shape speech, sleep, judgement, marriage, livelihood, and the inner path. When a planet is afflicted—by combustion, enemy placement, harsh aspect, or a difficult period—the tradition turns to homam: fire, mantra, and offering addressed to that graha by name.
A planetary homam is performed for the planet as it stands in that devotee’s chart, not as a general blessing. Budha is invoked for a strained Mercury; Sani for Saturn’s long transit; Rahu and Ketu for the nodes’ particular unease. The Navagraha Homam gathers all nine when the chart as a whole, rather than one house, is under review.
Some yogas call for a combined form rather than a single-planet rite: Guru with Rahu or Ketu in the Guru Chandal Dosha Nivaran Homam; Moon with Ketu in the Chandra Ketu Grahan Dosh Homam; both nodes together in the Rahu-Ketu Shanti Homam. The form follows the yoga the astrologer has named.
