Grahan
Every question on the site tagged Grahan, each answered from a timestamped source rather than a summary written from memory.
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- Mon, 2 Aug 2027 Surya Grahan · total in 312 days
Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
A solar or lunar eclipse, considered a spiritually potent period for certain rites.
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Times when the Kalika Kavach becomes vajra-like: grahan, Diwali, Mahashivratri, Sharadiya Ashtami night and sandhi puja
The speaker says that whenever there is a Grahan, or Diwali, or Mahashivratri, or the Ashtami night of Sharadiya Navratri — the time of Bhagavati Kalika's manifestation — and the time of the sandhi puja, if you light 108 lamps as deep-dan and recite this Kavach then, the kavach becomes like a vajra: most ugra and amogh, and when used it gives immediate effect.
Shiva's crescent moon: some Ganas of Mahadev act only during a partial eclipse
The speaker says a penumbral lunar Grahan falls on the coming Kartik Purnima. On Shiva's head sits a half moon — the dooj moon — not a full moon, and there are certain shaktis, certain Ganas of Mahadev, who become awake and bound to help, directly or indirectly, only when an eclipse is on and it is partial, not total. That makes this day a very special time: if a person wants Mahadev's help on that day and does the vidhan the speaker will give, then — if God wills and one's Prarabdha allows — the Ganas' help will surely come by Mahadev's kripa. How that help comes, he adds, depends on the person's Tapobal and bhakti.
When do the most exceptional sants come?
Divine sants and mahatmas are there, absolutely — they are there, they come. It is not only so; but this much is certain, he says, that those who are extremely exceptional will come especially at the time of the Mahakumbh, at the time of Magh, at the time of Ganga Dashehra and the other tirtha parva-kalas, and at the times of eclipse. But the coming and going of all of them goes on there daily as well.
Depression that recurs around Amavasya, Purnima or grahan: check the calendar, then the kundali
The first thing to check in this state, the speaker says, is the calendar: is it Poornima, or is Purnima near or just past; is it Amavasya, or has one just gone by; is a Grahan due, a Surya grahan or especially a Chandra grahan. If the state keeps coming around this kaal, with much weeping, feeling entirely alone and wanting to stay alone, then show your janma kundali to a good astrologer. He says you will generally be told that Chandra is afflicted in the chart.
How an afflicted Chandra brings depression and indecision at Amavasya, Purnima and grahan
The speaker says that whenever Chandra is afflicted, whether in gochar or in the lagna kundali, the person's state will swing up and down at every Amavasya, Purnima and grahan kaal and depression will come. In that state one becomes altogether weak at deciding: put two decisions before such a person and they cannot take one, because the mind is badly shaken. The reason, he explains, is that the same force in Chandra that brings the tide into the sea around Poornima and Amavasya sends the same surging swells inside a person during that kaal; and if Chandra is afflicted, it then begins to give depression.
No new mantra needed: recite more of whatever you already recite, especially at Amavasya, Purnima and grahan
The speaker prescribes no new mantra. Whatever mantra you have already been reciting in quantity before today, whether a Chalisa path or some Stuti, Stotra and the like, do more path and japa of that same thing while in this state, and especially at Amavasya, Poornima and Grahan kaal.
Three kinds of eclipse, and the mantras that are awakened only in a partial or penumbral lunar eclipse
The speaker says jyotish distinguishes three kinds of Grahan: a full eclipse, a partial eclipse and an upachhaya or penumbral eclipse. Certain special mantras, he says, have their siddhi or awakening only in a partial lunar or partial solar eclipse and cannot be awakened in a total solar eclipse. The Rudra gana sadhana he teaches is to be done only and only at a partial lunar eclipse or on the day of a penumbral lunar eclipse — never in a total eclipse and never in a solar eclipse. He adds that such knowledge normally stays within guru families and he is making it public so people's problems may lessen.
Eclipse siddhi only in the madhya kaal, never in sparsh or moksha kaal
The speaker says this siddhi is not to be done in the sparsh kaal or the moksha kaal of the Grahan — its beginning and its end — but only in the madhya kaal, the full middle. For the eclipse at hand, which runs from afternoon to evening, he sets the Japa from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm, two full hours. For any future eclipse, if it lasts five hours from sparsh to moksha, take out the middle two or three hours and do the sadhana in them.
How does a strong or afflicted Moon change this?
Among these, the speaker says, those whose Moon is very strong, not seized by any kind of grahan dosha and exalted — for them these effects and these matters begin to be attained quickly. Where grahan dosha is present, or the presence of vish dosha forms in the birth chart, these things are attained there too, but it becomes a very different matter; things do not happen normally for them, and it turns into what might be called an upheaval.
Is grahan dosha only a curse for a sadhak?
When it does not show, it does not show; but where it begins to be known, it comes in very great quantity, the speaker says. If someone calls grahan dosha a curse, then along with it there is also a very great boon; and vish yoga, of which it is said that it gives suffering, also brings out a very great path within that suffering, if the person performs sadhana properly. And this, he says, is permanent — in the field of sadhana what it gives, it gives very well.
Rudragana sadhana as the quick-fruit practice for those with no time for long anushthans
The speaker says not everyone has time for long sadhanas and anushthans, so he always tells people to get the Rudragana sadhana done and kept. In his view it gives results very fast — almost everyone who does it with one wish sees that wish fulfilled very soon.
Rudragana sadhana is not effective in a total lunar or solar eclipse
The speaker states one rule of the Rudragana sadhana: it is never effective when there is a total lunar eclipse or a total solar eclipse. It is done in a partial lunar eclipse, a penumbral lunar eclipse, or an eclipse visible elsewhere in the world but whose sutak is not observed in your own region. He says such sadhanas come traditionally through guru parampara, and that the simplest vidhan is on his channel in two videos, one on the Chandra Shiva eclipse practice and one on Rudragana.
How long Rudragana sadhana is continued and when it is begun
The speaker says that when no path is visible and big sadhanas are beyond one's means, one should continue this sadhana: begin it on a masik Shivratri and keep going until the desired fruit comes, doing at least 11, 21 or 27 days. It is a one-day sadhana; the first time, do it during a partial or penumbral lunar eclipse — or a partial solar eclipse if time is short, though the lunar eclipse is the most effective. After that, whenever there is a need in life, take it up again as an 11, 21 or 27-day sadhana. As the second experience he cites a sadhak of his own circle who had used the prayog about twice: his job had gone, he restarted this sadhana, and he got a job again — a better one than before.
Case: three job offers the day after a 27-day Rudragana sankalp that saw seven rejections
The speaker tells of a friend, himself a Sadhak, whose age was passing without a job and who could not afford a big sadhana with Havan; the speaker suggested the Rudragana sadhana. He did it at two eclipses and then with a 27-day sankalp, during which he was called to seven interviews, going every other day, and rejected at all of them — the speaker asks how far such a result can break a sadhak's Mano-bala — yet he said he would complete what he had taken up. The day after it ended he phoned three times: at 11:30, one of the places that had refused him asked him to join; at 2:00, the firm that had rejected him for lacking experience offered a higher package; at 6:30, the most reputed firm offered 5.5 to 6 lakh, a company flat and a direct officer-rank post, the interviewer explaining that he alone had satisfied him in his own field, and apologising for having insulted him at the interview.
What accusation was made against the teacher over restricting rajaswala women from puja?
That he forbids it because he is a man. At the time of the recent Chandra grahan, a sadhika who was rajaswala asked about it, although he had written everywhere that nothing is to be done in that state. The reply given was that he is a man, after all, and a man will never want a woman to advance — so by a so-called siddh sadhika he has been put in the category of such a man, who wants that women should not advance and forbids a rajaswala woman from japa in a Chandra grahan for that reason.
Why does sutak make touching a vigraha forbidden, rather than the devata itself becoming untouchable?
Consider, he says, that nine or ten hours before an eclipse falls, sutak sets in — and in the time of sutak the touching of Shri vigrahas stays forbidden. In the time of sutak the devatas do not become untouchable; the sutak attaches in our body. We do not remain fit; this body of excrement and urine does not remain fit that we should touch a deva vigraha. It is for the sake of our own welfare, because that is a maha-urja endowed with countless tattvas, and if we touch in such a state, we will have the difficulty.
Can Rudragan sadhana be done at an eclipse not visible in India?
A listener notes there is a Surya grahan on the 21st which will not be seen in India, and asks about Rudragan sadhana. It can absolutely be done, the speaker answers.
The mind is polluted by a waning or badly placed Chandra, or by abhichar.
The first thing is that our mind becomes polluted if somewhere the Chandra is waning, is in a low rashi, is in a low bhava, or a grahan dosha and the like is forming, or something in the chalit kundali. And if the effect of some paishachik shakti has begun to fall on the body because of abhichar and the rest, then too such things happen.
One purashcharan completed in a divine kaal — Navratri, Mahashivratri, a grahan — leaves the mantra awake, whether or not we understand it.
It is an entirely ordinary prayoga, he says: you do stuti, you do paath. If you have performed a purashcharan even once — whether in Navratri, at Mahashivratri or the like, in some divine kaal, in a grahan — then the mantra is awake. That is clear. Whether we understand it or not, it is awake.
The 64 Matrikas are the swiftest and keenest at tearing abhicharik deities apart, for one possessed of dharma — which is why they were kept foremost this time.
Bhagavati the 64 Matrikas, he says, are the most favourite. These are the ones who seize and strike the enemy — if you are possessed of dharma. Among those who tear abhicharik deities apart, who are the swiftest, sharpest and keenest in prayoga and in giving effect, come the 64 Matrikas, the 64 Yoginis. It is for this reason, he says, that the 64 Yoginis were kept foremost in the whole anushthan this time, and were had performed by listeners as well, continuing from the grahan kaal.
Can Rudrakhand sadhana be done on the 5 May lunar eclipse?
Asked about the lunar eclipse on 5 May, he says it will not be visible in India, and Rudrakhand sadhana can absolutely be done — it is a very good time for Rudrakhand.
Will mantra japa produce siddhi on the eclipse day?
Asked whether there will be any siddhi of mantra japa on the day of the lunar eclipse on the fifth, he says that would be a grahan sadhana only — because sutak-patak is not attaching, sutak will not attach at all.
Why are so many rules imposed during the grahan kaal?
The speaker says that a person who does pujan is visible to everyone, but a person doing tantric work — especially nikrisht tantra: striking at others with mantra shakti, causing suffering, taking life, perfecting kshudra shaktis and then testing them on someone — is known to nobody, and nobody quite believes it either. The rules exist for what cannot be seen directly.
Why is the time of an eclipse so important to those who use kshudra shaktis?
Because, he says, Bhagwan Surya and Bhagwan Chandra are two pratyaksha devas, and it is only through them that every kind of shakti moves about on the earth plane. When both go into the state of grahan, an obstruction arises for all the positive and auspicious shaktis.
How does an eclipse of the Moon affect a person doing japa?
The speaker says our mind has Chandra as its karaka, and the deva and shastra that are karaka of mantra are also Chandra. So when Chandra itself is eclipsed and your mind is not fully surrendered, there will be difficulty. Those doing mantra japa in a wrong manner do not obtain the effect properly, however many sava lakhs they complete.
What happens to the devatas and pitrs during an eclipse?
Because the devatas are satisfied through Chandra and Surya, and those have been eclipsed, the suffering that Chandra undergoes is felt in the same way by all devatas endowed with those two tattvas. Chandra is also the karaka of the pitrs, and Surya carries pitr karakatva too, so the gati of the pitrs at that time is obstructed. All the auspicious shaktis feel themselves powerless then, and are in distress.
Why is japa in a grahan said to give a hundredfold fruit?
The speaker says that in that state, when you do japa of any devata's mantra, it gives a hundred times more fruit. But people sit down with the arithmetic — that a hundred malas becomes equal to a thousand, so a lakh of japa is deemed done and the mantra ought therefore to be siddha and give its effect. That, he says, is a separate subject: in an ordinary day too japa will give effect if you have that kind of steadiness and surrender within you.
What does japa in a grahan actually accomplish, and what if one does none?
He says that when you do japa of mantras in a Chandra Grahan or Surya Grahan it certainly gives the maximum fruit, and it pacifies several of your doshas and a great many anishta-causing things. For a person who does no japa-tapa there is no particular loss as such — but if at such a time the effect of some negative thing falls upon you, you will not be protected from it.
Why do negative shaktis grow strong during an eclipse?
The speaker says the karaka tattvas of the negative shaktis are the same two, but because those shaktis are full of negativity, Chandra and Surya ordinarily torment them: when the auspicious shaktis are strong, their inauspiciousness diminishes. In the grahan the auspicious shaktis have become quite weak, so the strength of the negative ones becomes considerably greater.
Why do practitioners who awaken negative shaktis also launch their prayoga during the eclipse itself?
The speaker says the energy of those who awaken this kind of shakti is also considerably raised in this time. Just as you will get more punya from doing japa, so their bhog-pujan or mantra japa gains in the same way — and their mantra, he notes, is quite short.
What is the minimum a person should do during an eclipse?
The speaker says that in the grahan kaal it has been said for everybody, in whatever condition a person may be, that whether or not he does anything else, he should at the very least do naam japa of his aradhya. He notes that accidents happen at the time of a grahan in which many deaths occur, and that effects fall before and after it too, in which such things have their contribution.
Why should even a person who wants nothing do naam japa in an eclipse?
The speaker grants that you may be entirely neutral, wanting nothing and having to give nothing, with no desire of attainment. Even so, he says, it is the maryada of Sanatan that in the grahan kaal you should become steady and do naam japa of your aradhya. Deva kripa is certainly obtained in it, directly or indirectly, and it stays in reserve and comes to use when a need arises in life. There is no loss in it and much gain.
What is the first caution after the eclipse ends?
The speaker describes the sequence — grahan kaal completed, moksha done, Chandra darshan, snan, sprinkling pure water, Gangajal, Tulsi patra and kusha over the deities, purifying everything, then sitting for pujan — and then somebody arrives at your house saying that as it was Purnima there was a puja at their house, so here is prasad, and you take it and eat it. If anyone brings you prasad of any kind after a grahan, he says, think a little, stop and pause.
What is the third caution after an eclipse?
After the grahan is complete, he says, be alert in both directions if on any pretext or by any means someone is giving you any garment to wear or has come asking to take one. In the one who comes to give there may be some reason such that trouble will come to you; and if someone has come to take from you and you give it in such a state, an injury may occur somewhere. Where there is a pregnant woman in the house, he says, you need to be extremely careful.
What is the fifth thing to watch in the day after an eclipse?
The fifth thing is a domestic animal in the house — gauvansh is a separate matter, but nowadays people keep dogs, keep cats and keep birds in the house — dying within twenty-four hours of the grahan from any cause; or a large animal such as a cow, a calf or a heifer beginning to suffer; or small children in the house, within one or two years of age, beginning to suffer.
Can the first mantra of the Argala be recited during the eclipse?
Absolutely, he says: the japa of the first mantra of the Argala can be done in the grahan kaal. Wherever you are, in whatever state you are, you can do it mentally in that way.
The Purnima completes at the very time the grahan is running, which fixes the night worship
It can be celebrated tomorrow and it can be celebrated the day after, the speaker says — the day after because the Purnima will be completed at the very time the grahan is on. So the night-time Purnima will not be there tomorrow or the day after, on the 8th: everything of the chief night-time pujan of the Purnima will be done tomorrow itself, on the 7th.
When does the sutak begin, and until when should a vigraha not be touched?
As for the pujan that is to happen in the morning, the sutak is beginning from 8:20, the speaker says — so whatever pujan-path there is should be completed before 8:20. The touching of a deva vigraha should not happen after 8:20 on the 8th; you will touch again only after 6:20 in the evening, after your Purnima grahan has been completed.
When should deep daan be done in relation to the eclipse?
Asked whether deep daan should be done after the grahan, the speaker says yes. The deep daan of this Purnima, the Kartik Purnima — since the Purnima is beginning tomorrow, you may do it tomorrow evening if you wish; or, if you wish, the day after, once the grahan has ended: after bathing, after the moksha, having done darshan of Chandra Dev, having bathed and cleansed, and having purified the place of worship, that is, sprinkling Gangajal and the rest over all the devatas, then do the deep daan.
Can the Chandi Kavach be recited during the eclipse?
Absolutely, the speaker says: you can do the Chandi Kavach in the grahan.
The grahan runs from 5:10 in the evening to 6:20
The time of the grahan is from 5:10 in the evening to 6:20, the speaker says.
On which day is the eclipse fast to be kept?
Asked what the fast is to be kept for, the speaker says the fast for the grahan, the grahan one, will be on the 8th.
Is a protective circle needed in a temple during the eclipse?
No, the speaker says: there is no need to place a suraksha ghera in a temple in the grahan kaal.
How many malas of the guru mantra should be done in the eclipse?
Do not do malas, the speaker says: from when the grahan begins until it ends, continuous japa.
A listener saw the devi with eyes closed during a Surya Grahan — is the mantra siddha?
A listener says he did japa in a Surya Grahan and, on closing his eyes, had darshan of the devi and was given a blessing, and asks whether the mantra has become siddha. What of the mantra, the speaker answers by name — devi kripa has been obtained by you. Now repeat that anushthan again and again.
Should dhoop and a lamp be lit during the eclipse?
No, the speaker says: dhoop and a deepak are never to be lit in a grahan. Only japa, without dhoop and deep.
Does an older murti become more energetic?
The older this murti is, that much more energetic it will be, he says. It is not that a murti established by your father and grandfather is now to be removed. But this removing of the murti every year and keeping a new murti is a very great foolishness of yours. Establish such beautiful shri vigrahas in the house permanently — that is all; never remove them. Every year you will bathe them and dress them in new clothes; and at the parva kaal that falls in between, at a grahan and so on, you will change their clothes and the janeu, the upavita, and do the pujan.
What does a dream of a fleeing calf after eclipse japa mean?
Answering Abhishek ji, who had done the japa of Aghor Baglamukhi during the lunar eclipse and that day saw in a dream a calf running in a house that someone was trying to catch, along with small insects, he says there is no difficulty, and that one should not think so much about one night's japa. Even so, what you are seeing is a subject connected with the pitr. For the sake of the pitr, on the day of Amavasya — the Amavasya falling on the day of Diwali — everyone should make a sankalp according to their capacity and give daan.
Tara Chaturdashi and Kaushiki Amavasya rank with the night of Diwali and with a Chandra or Surya grahan.
As the night of Diwali has its greatness, as a Chandra grahan and a Surya grahan have theirs, in that very same way this Tara Chaturdashi and Kaushiki Amavasya also carries great importance. So in this time you should certainly do japa and such work — a new anushthan if you wish to take one up, and otherwise a repetition of whatever anushthan you have done before.
The 64 Yogini namavali is recited plainly during the eclipse — no Chakra Vidhi is needed
The Chakra method is unnecessary — reciting the Namavali by itself is more than enough for the eclipse period.
Eclipse-night Sabar japa runs continuously through the eclipse; lamp, dhoop, flowers, sweet Naivedya and a nine-clove Bali follow japa done in a temple afterwards
Recite continuously through the eclipse — by his reckoning from about 9:45 pm to 1:40 am. During the eclipse itself no lamp is needed; japa performed in a temple afterwards requires a Karmasakshi Deepak, Dhoop, fragrant flowers, a sweet Naivedya, and at least nine cloves (Laung) with camphor (Kapoor) lit as Bali.
A kavach is ten percent — the wearer's own effort is ninety; it protects and opens a path, it does not do the work
A Kavach is meant for the person drowning in trouble — with spirits (Preta) disturbing the house, illness, or Abhichara — not for someone who lacks nothing. And even there, the speaker says, the kavach is only ten percent: ninety percent is the wearer's own year of effort and eclipse japa. The kavach gives protection and thereby growth; it only shows a path.
In Kashi, eclipse japa with the family is done on the Ganga ghats, since temple doors are shut
On the bank of the Ganga, at the ghats. The temple doors will be closed during the eclipse, so seating will not be available everywhere.
Can more than one stotra or mantra be recited during an eclipse?
No. From the eclipse's beginning to its end a single mantra or Kavach is recited — only that one becomes Siddh. Break off mid-way and start another and neither will be accomplished.
How does a lunar eclipse complete a mantra's Purashcharana?
Complete the Sankalpa and Ganapati (Ganesha) pujan before the eclipse begins, start japa four or five minutes before first contact, continue five to ten minutes past the end, then perform the Dashansh (Dashamsha) Havan, Tarpana, Marjan and Brahman Bhojan the next morning — the Purashcharana is complete and the mantra awakened.
Can eclipse japa be done beside plants growing on a terrace?
Yes — beside Aak (Madar), Aparajita, Parijat, Shami or Tulsi. The speaker calls this an entirely divine arrangement.
The eclipse sadhana runs the full span, 9:45 to 1:40; the 10:50 figure is the midpoint of totality, named only for those who cannot sit the whole time
Sadhana runs from 9:45 to 1:40 — that is the full span and where the full fruit lies. The 10:50 figure is the midpoint, when totality sets in; it is named only for someone in genuine physical difficulty who cannot sit the whole time. Begin japa ten minutes before the eclipse and continue ten minutes after it ends.
Will reciting the Kamakhya kavach during the eclipse accomplish it?
Yes — the Kamakhya Kavach will certainly be accomplished, and the speaker tells the questioner to do it.
Jayanti Mangala japa on a red sandalwood mala in the eclipse; the mala needs no separate worship beyond the daily routine
Yes. Separate worship of the Mala is not specifically required, though it is worshipped anyway within the daily routine — abhisheka and Panchopachara or Shodashopachara worship may be performed.
At Tulja Bhavani the Goddess is dressed in 108 sarees and covered with a white cloth through the eclipse — a custom new to the speaker
The speaker had not known of it. At Tulja Bhavani the Goddess is dressed in 108 sarees at once during the lunar eclipse, then covered entirely with a white cloth until the eclipse ends.
When should the Purnima Arghya be given if an eclipse falls that night?
Give it by the afternoon. If it must be given at night and done properly, it can only be after the eclipse has concluded — it cannot be given during Sutak. Reciting from a book during the eclipse is entirely permitted.
Where hostel life makes full procedure impossible, the Hanuman Chalisa may be recited through the eclipse
Yes — absolutely recite the Hanuman Chalisa.
Can the Durga Saptashati be recited during the eclipse period?
Yes, the full Durga Saptashati recitation can be done — it is not the case that it cannot. But japa is better: choosing one mantra and reciting it throughout the eclipse is superior, even though the Saptashati is itself made of japa mantras.
Where should japa be done if the puja room is closed during the eclipse?
Do it outside the puja room. The puja room stays shut, and no light from outside should reach as far as the deities' space.
Whatever you recite daily is what you recite through the eclipse — the daily Saptakshari stays the Saptakshari
The same Saptakshari. If you already recite something daily, recite that during the eclipse period too — that is what will be divine.
Can the Badvanal Stotra be recited for Siddhi during the eclipse?
Yes, but only if it is already your practice. If tomorrow would be the first time you have ever recited the badvanal-stotra, do not — during an eclipse recite abundantly the thing you have been reciting all along.
Should a kavach or mala be removed during an eclipse?
Nothing is removed. No Kavach comes off — everything stays worn throughout.
How is the Sankalp for mantra Siddhi taken during an eclipse — mentally or aloud?
Complete the Ganapati (Ganesha) pujan and the Sankalpa before Sutak begins, not after. Then in the evening recall it mentally as being under the previously uttered Sankalp. And take the Sankalp aloud — not mentally.
A practitioner at Kamakhya itself should recite the Kamakhya kavach during the eclipse
If you are at Kamakhya itself, do the Kamakhya Kavach during the eclipse.
Can a Prayoga be performed during an eclipse?
No. The speaker says only wicked people perform Prayoga during an eclipse, to harm others. Practitioners and servants of the right path should do japa of their Ishta's mantra, attempt its siddhi, and perform Bhajan — accomplish the badvanal-stotra, never apply it.
Do the mala and other items need purification and fire-contact after eclipse Sutak?
No. Fire-contact belongs to death and birth Sutak, not to eclipse Sutak. Sprinkle Gangajal, or plain water with a Tulsi leaf, and everything is purified — there is no provision for fire-contact in it.
The Sabar mantra of one's own Kuldev from the ten-Masaan set may be recited in the eclipse
Yes, certainly — if he is your Kuldevta, the Sabar Mantra of that Masan may be recited in the eclipse without difficulty.
Batuk Bhairav Stotra or Satnam japa on the Ganga bank during the eclipse is called divine in itself
Sitting on the bank of the Ganga and reciting the Batuk Bhairava Stotra or Satnam japa during the eclipse is, the speaker says, a divine matter in itself — it absolutely should be done.
As much service and worship for the ancestors as possible should be done through the Paksha, and the benefit of the eclipse period taken
Perform as much service and worship on behalf of the ancestors (Pitr) as possible during the Paksha beginning the next day, take the benefit of the eclipse period, and — for those living in the Ganga region or other divine sites — take the benefit of those places.
What is the rule about tulsi on a Shaligram, and the days when plucking is forbidden?
The speaker says tulsi ji should be offered every day; and on those days on which the plucking of tulsi ji's leaf is forbidden — Ekadashi, Sunday, Dwadashi, a grahan, Amavasya — it should be plucked and kept in advance. If a fresh one is not available, the old leaves themselves should be washed and certainly offered upon them. A Shaligram shila should never be kept without tulsi: that is the chief rule.
Mantra japa in grahan kaal bears fruit beyond any count
Asked what fruit comes from Japa of the Shiva Shadakshari Mantra, the speaker says the fruit is great — in an eclipse period the japa of this or of any mantra cannot be confined to a number.
Grahan-kaal japa in the Kalika Yogini sadhana
The speaker says that whenever a Grahan falls, the mantra of this sadhana is to be repeated as much as possible for the whole grahan period — from the moment it begins until it is released. Once the Tantrokta rudraksha mala is obtained the japa is done on it; until then the japa may still be done in the same way without it.
Should hair and beard be cut during a forty-day sadhana?
The Kshaur Karma should be done two days before the sadhana begins, and again two days after the Samarpan — not in between. When doing it again, avoid a special tithi: not Ekadashi, not an eclipse, not a Sankranti; the weekday does not matter.
Reciting Puranic marriage stories to remove marriage doshas
The speaker says that anyone whose horoscope carries a marriage-related Dosha — a flawed seventh house, a pret-pishach yoga there, Pitru Dosha, Grahan Dosha, a widowhood yoga in the girl's or the man's chart, delayed marriage, or a spouse who keeps falling seriously ill after marriage — should recite the marriage stories found in the Puranas. He says the dosha is destroyed from the root and health improves; doshas of untimely death and widowhood are also removed. This applies to the marriage story of whichever deity is one's own ishta, not only Shiva-Parvati or Ganesha-Kartikeya.
What should be made of doubt after completing an Anushthan?
Know and accept this: if you performed it duly, then grace has already come upon you. How you now bring them into your life, and how they manifest, will depend on your own deeds. It will not be that you did it today and she appeared today.
The solar eclipse and the Navratri between two eclipses as a time of multiplied fruit
The speaker says the solar eclipse of 21 June carries a Chudamani yog after 840 years, and any sadhana done in that time gives great strength to one's sadhana. Mahatmas, saints and learned people, he says, hold the Grahan kaal to be the time that gives crores of times more fruit, and a solar eclipse falling on a Sunday gives akshay, endlessly multiplied fruit. He adds that this whole period is the guru paksha, and that nothing can be more special than a full Navratri falling between two eclipses: a very good time for sadhana, for Tapo-bala and for energy, which one should put to use by beginning one's sadhana in it.
Guru Gayatri for those without a guru; the guru mantra for those who have one
The speaker says the Guru Gayatri mantra is the best for those who have no Guru, and best for those who have one too. But those who have a guru have already received a guru mantra, so they should do Japa of that guru mantra and take a vidhan for this Grahan kaal from their own guru; the eclipse is very important for them as well. If they have no time or wish for any other sadhana, or cannot do one for any reason, they should at the very least jap their guru mantra.
Sitting hours for the eclipse-day japa
The speaker says the sadhana kaal on 21 June begins at 10:15 in the morning: be seated by 10:10 at the latest, and keep sitting continuously on one asana until at least 2:45 in the afternoon. Those who cannot sit that long, new sadhaks or those without the practice, need not force themselves and may leave the asana; but they should try to sit at least two hours, from 10:15 to 12:15, so that the sparsh kaal and the madhya kaal of the Grahan, when the eclipse is full, are reached and crossed. Even that much, he says, gets a great deal of the work done.
Sutak rules on a solar eclipse day: the puja room stays shut, only japa is done
The speaker says this eclipse has six hours of Sutak before it and six hours after, so on that day there is no need to do puja-path or dhoop-deep in the puja room; it is not to be done, and the whole shutter of the puja room is kept closed. In the Grahan kaal the pujan and bhog of the devatas are not done; only japa is done. Outside the puja room, at most, dhoop is not lit; only a lamp may be lit. That alone is done that day, and the bowl with the mala is afterwards kept in the puja room.
The kaner root kept in the water through the eclipse
The speaker says one more thing is needed: the root of a kaner plant, either yellow kaner or white kaner, brought on a Thursday. It is properly brought in Pushya Nakshatra, but even if Pushya is not available, bring it and keep it. This root is kept in the bowl of water, the one in which the mala is placed, through the whole Grahan kaal.
The Tantrokta night periods for Anushthan before an ancestral object
The Nishadhi Kaal nights held to be Tantrokta: Diwali night, Holika night, Raksha Bandhan night, the Bhadrapada Amavasya, the Chaitra Amavasya — and the eclipse period. Perform even one night's Anushthan there and something will be experienced without fail.
What should someone who perfected the Hanuman Chalisa in an eclipse do now?
If you have made the Hanuman Chalisa siddh during a grahan kaal or at any other time, then in the Shakambhari Navratri you should take up a nine-day anushthan again with exactly this sankalpa — that it be made pushta and stronger, so that whenever you use it you obtain its full effect.
What is the rule about starting sadhana during Kharmas?
Do not begin a sadhana during Kharmas, he repeats. Those which you have done during a grahan kaal, if you have done them already before, you can begin those and repeat the sadhana. Do not start anything new.
When should the Rudragan sadhana be done?
The Rudragan sadhana should be done when an eclipse occurs and yet there is no eclipse — that is, when a grahan is falling upon the earth but its effect is not in your region. Only then should the Rudragan sadhana be done. Someone had just messaged that an eclipse is falling in the month of April, and asked whether it can be done in that eclipse; he says he will look and update quickly.
Where should Rudragan sadhana be done if the home temple is closed during a partial eclipse?
Akash ji asks how to do it for Rudragan sadhana when, at the time of a partial eclipse, the puja place or temple of the house is closed. It has to be done outside the temple, he answers; it is not necessary that we shall do it in the temple itself. The temple will have some area — a verandah or the like; do it there. Away from the mandap.
What does Chandra and Rahu's grahan yoga in the ninth house indicate?
Told of a grahan yoga of Chandra and Rahu in the ninth house with Vrischik lagna, the speaker says that then Rahu becomes your marakesh. It cannot be told merely like this, but as to the remedy — a pitr dosha arises directly, and even more than pitr there is the presence of a matri-related dosha. Serve your own mother. The ninth is the bhagya bhava and also the bhava of dharma, so do the seva and puja of Bhagwati and Shiva ji as much as you can. Since it is Vrischik, your Mangal Dev should be good; always keep Mangal auspicious.
What is done at Bhagwati's chaukhat when Rahu or a grahan dosha troubles?
The speaker says to go to Bhagwati's temple on Tuesdays and do her seva, and to make Bhagwati's chaukhat fragrant. Whenever Rahu troubles or a grahan dosha and the like is formed, go to Bhagwati's temple and wash her chaukhat, do its shringar, make it fragrant with itra and the like, apply kumkum and ashtagandha and kindle a lamp upon it: by this Bhagwati is very greatly pleased and the dosha ends swiftly. If you do the same outside Bhagwan Shiva's chaukhat, or upon the chaukhat, then by the pleasure of Kirtimukh ji all this sorrow is removed.
Can the Rudragana mantra be done with the regular puja lamp?
Look, those who have done the sadhana of the Rudraganas — since the sadhana of the Rudraganas is a one-day sadhana, the speaker says he repeatedly tells them to go on repeating it. Whenever such a time falls — that is, when there is a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse and yet there is not one — then first of all repeat their sadhana. And daily, even if only five times, do the japa of that mantra. It may be done with the regular lamp; there is no need to light a separate jyot.
When exactly is the Rudragana sadhana to be done?
Vishal ji, the sadhana of Bhagavan Rudragana has been told; it is a one-day sadhana, the speaker says — when there is a lunar eclipse and yet there is not one, that is, when a lunar eclipse has occurred somewhere in the world but in the place where you are living no sutak kaal has attached. And if sutak or patak falls during Navratri, then sadhana should not be done.
Why does suffering come when we know of no sin we have committed?
Understand it this way, he says. You do japa at the time of a grahan; it is said that japa of any mantra at the time of a grahan brings a thousandfold fruit. In the same way, in any birth and at any time, when you do some punya work at a special time — doing japa while on a teerth yatra, doing it at the time of a grahan, on a river bank, in an ekling Shivalaya — your punya increases a great deal. Now, having increased, it too must be undergone. So you obtained the manushya yoni, your karma of punya is in udaya, there is happiness in your life. And you have at some time also committed paap. What we do first is exhausted, its punya is exhausted; then the paap runs for some time; that is exhausted, then punya runs. When the paap rises, when the time comes for its fruit to rise, that is when the troubles come into life.
A path was done during an eclipse — how is the savari now to be released?
For the releasing of the savari, do continuously, at a Hanuman temple, taking a sankalp, the anushthan of that very same thing whose path you have done.
What makes a mantra that gives no effect finally work?
The prescriptions for a mantra that gives no effect: stand navel-deep in the Ganga and do at least one mala — one mala if it is a long Mala Mantra, a hundred mala if it is an Ekakshari, Panchakshari or Ashtakshari. Or stand in a flowing river and do japa from the beginning of an eclipse to its end.
What destroys an old and powerful Abhichar?
Take an ordinary Shiva Sahasranama that you recite daily, and recite that same Sahasranama from the beginning of an eclipse to its end. However powerful the Abhichar, it will be shaken — it will reach the brink of destruction.
How is the navagraha sadhana done through Navratri?
The sadhana of the Navagraha and their mothers is to be done in Navratri one graha on each day, and the full vidhi vidhan has been explained. Whatever kind of dosha you may have — the grahan dosha of Chandra and Ketu, a pishach dosha, a pitru dosha formed in the kundali — you should at the very least do five malas of japa of these nine kinds of devis, the sapta devis, in Navratri, even if you cannot do very much. The sapta devis, he says, are the mothers along with the Navagraha.
What should be done on the eclipse falling on the Amavasya?
Asked about the grahan on the 14th and whether it is visible in India, the speaker answers that the one on the 14th will not be visible; the one on the 28th will be visible. The Amavasya's grahan will not be visible, so on that day only Shivgan sadhana, Rudragan sadhana. The Rudragan sadhana given so far, he adds, rests only on one mantra of yours; if he gets time he will put out its tantrokta vidhi as well beforehand. It may be begun — there is no restriction for them.
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