Ravi Pushya Yoga and Poornima - 27th January 2012



27th January is a beautiful combination of Ravivaar , Pushya nakshatra and Poornima.  Hence to add on the ravi pushya nakshatra there is poorn chandra bal also.

This day hence is a very auspicious muhurat to do the following pious astro rituals to mitigate malefic planetary:


1) Performing rudrabhishek with shiv sahasranaam, shiv mahimn stotra, rudra-ashta-adhyaayi or namak    
     chamak vidhi.

2) Performing chandi path

3) Performing Surya jap and havan

4) Writing yantras on bhoj patra for a specific number of times for yantra sidhi. Feed the wriiten yantras to fishes by putting them in dough made up of flour.

5) Feed cows with gur and channa

6) Ganga snaan.

7) Re energising stones, specifically like - Yellow saphire, Emerald, Ruby, Red Coral, Pearl etc.


Note - 

This is a perfect muhurat to energise and wear ruby and red coral. If this suits you as per your horoscope, one can contact me to purchase high quality ruby and red coral.

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Bhagya and Karma : The Vicious Circle of Maya

Bhagya-Vaad and Karma-Vaad : These are the two conflicting views which people always have. The bhagyavaadi people say that everything is pre decided and will happen as per our luck, the second cult say that everything is in our hand, what we do , is what happens.


Actually , both the philosophies talk about the same truth, ironically people will not understand this easily.


The Hindu philosophy of karma and bhagya goes like this:
=> When one takes birth, he is assigned a portion of the karma stock he has accumulated in his previous births.This assigned portion is called "Prarabdh Karma", which we call as bhagya, luck, destiny. The person takes birth in a family , his health, wealth, wisdom, happiness and problems, all are as per this assigned karma stock called "Prarabdh".
=> The complete stock of karmas which one has accumlated so far is called, "Sanchit Karma". Prarabdh is a portion taken out from this Sanchit Karma and allocated to a particular birth.
=> The good/bad deeds which one does in the current birth are known as "Kriyamaan Karma".


(*)Kabeer has very well explained this in the following doha:
"Prarabdh pahile bana, peeche bana sareer ; kabeer achambha hai yahi, man nahin bandhe dheer"
 Meaning: Prarabhdha is decided , before we take birth, this is the strange reality of this world, but still our mind does not undertand this and is always impatient about the future.


Now the two most common questions which arise are:


1)If everything has to happen as per "Prarabdh Karma" then what are we doing here?
Yes, everything happens as per prarabdha karma, but the Kriyaaman karmas also have their effects and role to play. 

(*)Kabeer explains it like this:

"Keenhe bina upaye kachu, Dev kabhu naa det ; Khet beej bove nahin, to kyun jamen khet "

Meaning: Without one's endeavour, even the gods do not give anything. Why would a field yield, if no seeds have been sown in it.

2)Can pujas/rituals/remedies and/or our present karma help us in evading past karamas?


Astrological/Tantrik/Relgious texts do mention about pujas, rituals , fasts and remedial measures to reduce the karmic influences of prarabdh karma. Yes, they help us reduce karmic influences, but it is like creating positive energy to counter-act the negative energy of our bad deeds. The karmic energy of bad deeds do not reduce, they are intact; it is only that we create some positive energy to help us .


It is like, if you are destined to be hurt by a sword, You will surely get hurt, but at the same time in case you have done some positive karma/remedies you would get some one who would look after for you and help you till you heal.


Also our present karmas can help us. Example, if  a person is destined to be poor, he will be poor. But if he does a lot of hard work to earn money, he can get a little more than what he was supposed to get, since the present karmas also count. The only thing is that Kriyaaman Karma take their time to give effects, just as, we sow a seed today, but we have to wait for years to get the fruits. So it is more of the prarabdh karma which has hold on us, then the kriyaaman karma.

(*)Kabeer explains it better:

"Likha mite nahin karm ka, guru kar bhaj hari naam ; seedhe maarg nit chale, daya dharm visraam"

Meaning: Fruits of our karmas can not be averted, so it is advised to be in the shelter of Guru and always chant the name of God, while doing good deeds and following the path pf dharma and mercy.

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Here I would give the example of Shree RaamKrishna Paramhansa, he was a sidh tantrik and his followers considered him to be an incarnation of God.He has been the most famous devotee of Maa Kali. 
He died due to throat cancer, and was unable to talk , eat and drink in his last days.
During this time, he was asked by his devotees that, you are a sidha, Maa Kali talks to you, (it is believed that Maa used to appear to RamKrishna Paramhans, and accept the kheer as offering from him daily) why don't you ask her to cure this cancer. We all can not see you in this state. 
On this, he laughed and told his devotees that, yes Kali can cure this throat cancer for me, but this is my Karma, If I don't bear it now, I will have to take birth again, just to finish this off. So , I choose to suffer and finish up this karmic debt of mine, so that I can attain Moksha.
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=> In a nutshell, It is only our Karma which is responsible for each and everything which happens to us, whether it is sanchit karma, prarabdh karma aur kriyaaman karma. It is a vicious circle of good and bad deeds which becomes a vicious circle of suffering and happiness. So Hindu dharma teaches us to be humble, do good deeds, help the weak, never be proud of your power and misuse it to insult/trouble the weak, and always remeber to chant God's name. This is the geeta saar of all shastras.

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2) For queries related to married life and child-birth the horoscopes of both the husband & wife have to be analyzed.

Note: 

The remedies suggested by me will be as per your charts and they won’t involve any major expenses or expensive poojas (very rarely I suggest such things). they would be spiritual and ritualistic in nature, which will help to reduce these negative afflictions, provided you follow them with discipline, faith and patience for a considerable time period. Karmic afflictions take time to get mitigated.

Faith on astrologers:

"Yadrishi bhavana yasya siddhir bhavati tadrishi”

The scriptures say that the type of results one attains depends on the thoughts/faith one has while approaching the Daivagya(astrologer), teerath sthal(pilgrim), devta(God), vaidya(doctor), mantra and aushadi(medicine).

So one must approach for astrological consultation only if  he/she has complete faith in astrology, rituals, remedies and the astrologer.

जानें ग्रह कब देते हैं अशुभ फल?

सूर्य- जब जातक किसी भी प्रकार का टैक्स चुराता है एवं किसी भी जीव की आत्मा को कष्ट देता है। तब सूर्य अशुभ फल देता है। 

चंद्र- जब जातक सम्मानजनक स्त्रियों को कष्ट देता हैं। जैसे- माता, नानी, दादी, सास एवं इनके समान वाली स्त्रियों को कष्ट देता है तब चंद्र अशुभ फल देता है। धोखे से किसी से कोई वस्तु लेने पर भी चंद्रमा अशुभ फल देता है।

मंगल- जब जातक अपने भाई से झगड़ा क

रें, भाई के साथ धोखा करें। अपनी पत्नी के भाई का अपमान करें, तो भी मंगल अशुभ फल देता है।

बुध- जब जातक अपनी बहन, बेटी अथवा बुआ को कष्ट देता है, साली एवं मौसी को कष्ट देता है। जब जातक हिजड़े को कष्ट देता है, तो भी बुध अशुभ फल देता है।

गुरु- जब जातक पिता, दादा, नाना को कष्ट देता है अथवा इनके समान पद वाले व्यक्ति को कष्ट देता है। साधु-संतों को कष्ट देने से भी गुरु अशुभ फल देता है।

शुक्र- जब जातक जीवनसाथी को कष्ट देता है। घर में गंदे एवं फटे वस्त्र रखने एवं पहनने पर भी शुक्र अशुभ फल देता है।

शनि- जब जातक ताऊ, चाचा को कष्ट देता है, मजदूर की पूरी मजदूरी नहीं देता है। घर या दुकान के नौकरों को गाली देता है। शराब, मांस खाने पर भी शनि अशुभ फल देता है। कुछ लोग मकान या दुकान किराए से लेते फिर बाद में खाली नहीं करते या खाली करने के लिए पैसे मंगाते है, तो शनि अशुभ फल देता है।

राहु- जब जातक बड़े भाई को कष्ट देता है या अपमान करता है। ननिहाल पक्ष का अपमान करने पर एवं सपेरे का दिल दुखाने पर भी राहु कष्ट देता है।

केतु- जब जातक भतीजे, भांजे को कष्ट देता है या उनका हक छीनता है। कुत्ते को मारने या किसी के द्वारा मरवाने पर, मंदिर की ध्वजा तोड़ने पर केतु अशुभ फल देता है। किसी की झूठी गवाही देने पर भी राहु-केतु अशुभ फल देते हैं।

अत: नवग्रहों का अनुकूल फल पाने के लिए मनुष्य को अपना जीवन व्यवस्थित जीना चाहिए, किसी का दिल नहीं दुखाना चाहिए। न ही किसी के साथ छल-कपट करना चाहिए।

चार वेद छ: शास्त्र में बात मिली हैं दोए | सुख दीने सुख होत है दुःख दीने दुःख होए ||

कर्मों की गति... 

"गंगा-पुत्र" भीष्म... ने ऐसा कौन सा पाप किया था कि उन्हें शर-शैया का अपार असहनीय कष्ट भुगतना पडा ??? 

भीष्म जब शर-शैया पर थे, तो भगवान् श्री कृष्ण उनसे मिलने आये... 
शर शैया पर पड़े भीष्म ने कहा, " मैं अपने पिछले एक सौ ज

न्मों को देख सकता हूँ... मुझे स्मरण नहीं आता कि मैने कोई ऐसा पाप किया हो कि मुझे शर शैया पर सोने का कष्ट भोगना पड़ रहा है" ?

भगवान् श्री कृष्ण मुस्कराये और बोले, " पितामह, आप ने एक और जन्म पीछे जा कर देखा होता, तो आप को अपने प्रश्न का उत्तर मिल जाता... अपने १०१ वें जन्म पूर्व में भी आप एक राजकुमार थे और एक बार शिकार के समय, एक सांप को उसकी पूंछ से पकड़ कर आप ने जो फेंका था, वो कांटो पर जा कर गिरा और मर गया | उस पाप के फलस्वरूप तुम्हें यह शर शैया प्राप्त हुई है |"

भीष्म का प्रश्न था, " इस पाप का फल १०१ वर्ष बाद आज क्यों ? पहले किसी जन्म में क्यों नहीं मिला "?

भगवान् श्री कृष्ण ने उत्तर दिया, " आपके ये समस्त जन्म शुभ कर्मों से युक्त थे... अतः कहीं उस पाप को भोगने का कारण नहीं बना... अवसर नहीं मिला... वह पाप शुभ कर्मों के प्रभाव से दबा रहा |"

भीष्म ने पुन: प्रश्न किया, " प्रभु ! तो इस जन्म में मैने ऐसा क्या किया" ?

प्रभु मुस्कराये और बोले, " पितामह ! इस जन्म में आपने अपने अहंकार स्वरुप अपने वचन में फंसकर दुष्ट कौरवों का अन्न खाया... और जानते हुए भी द्रोपदी को सभा में अपमानित करने वालों का विरोध करना तो दूर, अपितु शांत रहे... इस कारण इस जन्म में आपके पूर्व के उस पाप के फल को अवसर प्राप्त हुआ |"

कर्मों की गति बड़ी विचित्र और अटल है... व्यक्ति को प्रत्येक शुभ-अशुभ कर्मों का फल... कभी न कभी भुगतना ही पड़ता है... यही इस प्रकृति का अटल नियम विधान है...

अत: हमें प्रत्येक क्षण अपने देहिक और मानसिक... दोनों प्रकार के... कर्मों का... भली-भाँती बड़ी सावधानी से अध्ययन करते रहना चाहिए... क्यूंकि वर्तमान ही भविष्य का अतीत है.

Planets and their importance

Graha Rajyam Prayachhanti, Graha Rajyam Haranti Cha, Grahaeè Vyapatam Sakalam Jagat


Meaning: Planets not only grant and snatch away Kingdoms but are also responsible for existence of this whole Universe.

Astrology and Astrologers

The astrology principles given by our ancient seers are 100% true but we astrologers have our limitations & are not 100% accurate - in spite of all our studies, experience and poojas. Therefore one should use astrology as an additional guide but don't ever totally depend on predictions.

The Jist of Lal Kitab and Astrology

                                                              Bimari ka bagair dawai bhi ilaj hai,
                                                magar maut ka koi ilaj nahin;
                                                duniyavi hisab kitab hai,
                                                koi dawa-ae-khudai nahin.

This is the opening line of the world famous Lal Kitab( A book on astrology based on the experience of a very knowledgeable and learned astrologer. This book was written in Urdu.)


Meaning: The author of Lal Kitab says that diseases( as in problems in life) have solutions through astrology, but death(Destiny) has no cure. Further, he says that astrology is basically like a balance sheet of your karmas , it is not a miracle or some super power(God) which can change anything and everything.


In a nutshell, astrology is a guide which can show you the way in advance , but can not change your fate. But, yes it can help you reduce your suffering through its powerful remedies.

Mantra chanting

Once a gyaan yogi uses his intelligence to realize his ultimate nature, but he had disdain for all other systems. He Laughed at bhaktas and make fun of kriya yogis and karam yogis.

Once a gyaan yogi went to Lord Shiva and said, All your Bhaktas keep chanting mantras and doing nothing but adding to the noise pollution just by chanting mantras. what will they get,. Why don't you tell them to stop?.

Pointing to a worm crawling on the floor, Shiva said, "Just go close to the worm and utter Shiv Shambu." The gyaan yogi did what he was asked to do and when he uttered Shiv Shambu. The worm died immediately. What is this I just said the mantra and the worm died?

Shiva smiled and pointed at a butterfly and asked the jnana yogi to do the same and when he did so the butterfly died immediately. The gyaan yogi was stunned and said if the mantra can kill why do they recite mantras?.

At this Lord shiva smiled and pointing at a deer, He asked the yogi to say Shiv Shambu near the deer and doing so the deer too died.

Then a mother came with a child in her lap and again Shiva asked the jnana yogi to utter Shiv Shambu near the child, at which he refused and said he does not want to kill the child. But Shiva asked him to do so, and when he uttered Shiva Shambu the child woke up and said, I was just a worm, with one mantra you made me a butterfly and then you made me deer and again with the third mantra you made me a human being. Please utter the mantra once again and I want to attain divinity.

नमस्ते अस्तु भगवन विश्वेश्वराय महादेवाय त्रयम्बकाय त्रिपुरान्तकाय त्रिकालाग्निकालाय कालाग्नीरुद्राय नीलकंठाय मृत्युमजयाय सर्वेश्वराय सदाशिवाय श्रीमन महादेवाय नमः

Sankata Devi : Om Namo Sankate Kasht Haarini Mata

               Om Namo Sankate Kasht Haarini Mata




About Sankata Devi: She is one of the Matrikas ( Matrikas are feminine powers who helped Devi in fighting the demons Shumbh and Nishumbh). Also known as Vikat MAtrika(Fierce Matrika). She is believd to protect her devotees from dangers and remove obstacles. In her dhyaan mantras, she is said to have 10 hands.She is one of the many forms of the Devi Maa.


Sankata Devi Temple: There is one and only one temple in India dedicated to Sankata Devi. And this temple is in Varansi, UP. I have been fortunate enough to Visit it twice till date. In the temple, there is a big 4-5 feet tall idol of Shree Sankata Devi, on her right is an idol of Hanuman ji and on her left there is an idol of Bhairav ji. There is a big Shivlingam in the temple premises and also there is a Banyan tree in the temple courtyard, which enshrines idols of Ganesh and Hanuman ji along with some Shivlingams. Fridays are special for worshiping Sankata Devi and there is lot of rush on Fridays in this temple.


Astrological Significance of Sankata Devi:


There is a Yogini Dasha concept in Astrology. It is a cycle of 8 yoginis. The cycle is as below:

Name of Yogini	Ruling  Planet	No. of  years in Dasha
Mangala	Moon	One year
Pingala	Sun	Two years
Dhanya	Jupiter	Three years
Bharamari	Mars	Four  years
Bhadrika	Mercury	Five years
Ulka	Saturn	Six years
Siddha	Venus	Seven years
Sankataa	Rahu	Eight years

This Sankata dasha is ruled by the planet Rahu.
Devi Sankata should be worshiped during the Sankata Yogini  periods and subperiods.My experience tells me that also in the following Vimshottari periods-subperiods, Sankata devi should be worshipped to remove obstacles and dangers:
          Rahu-Moon
          Rahu-Venus

          Ketu-Moon

          Ketu-Venus

About Sankata Mata Vrat:     Vrat for Devi Sankata is kept on Fridays. One can keep it for 7/11/16/21/31 Fridays. How to keep the fast depends on your own will. You can do naktbhukt vrat(eating only at night), ek bhukt vrat(eating once in the whole day), Nirahar Vrat( not eating at all) or Nirjal vrat(not eating or drinking anything throughout the day) as per your own inclinations and willpower.


A small service to Shree Sankat Devi from my side:  I have completed the fasts(I kept 2-3 cycles) for Sankata Devi. After completing my fasts I made a visit to Sanakta Devi temple and I bought some pics of Sankata Devi and booklets of Her vrat katha. Any devotee of Devi who wants to worship her and keep fasts for her can contact me personally and ask for the same. Also I would send across a set of 8 names of Sankata Devi which are very auspicious if recited daily or on Fridays.
Note: Only Devi devotees having firm faith on Maa should contact me for this.


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            Om Namo Sankate Kasht Haarini Mata

The Vedic Aspect of Devi - Devya-Atharv-Sheersh

           Namami Twam Maha Devim, Maha Bhaya Vinashinim |
           Maha Durg Prashmanim, Maha Karaunyaa Roopinim   ||

The Vedic praise to Devi , known as DevyaAtharvSheersh is recited on the ocasion of Vedic Praan pratistha of Devi Idols and yantras.
The formless and Omnipresent form of Devi has been very well described in this text. 
I would quote a small portion of it here. The Sanskrit text is somewhat like this:


Yasya Swaroopam Bhramaadyo Naa Jaananti, Tasmaad Uchyate Agyeyaa |
Yasya Anto Naa Labhayte, Tasmaad Uchyate Anantaa ||
Yasya Lakshyam Naa Uplakshyate, Tasmaad Uchyate Alakshyaa |
Yasya Jananam Naa Uplabhyate, Tasmaad Uchyate Ajaa ||                                      
Ekev Sarvatr Vartate, Tasmaad Uchyate Ekaa |
Ekev Vishwaroopini, Tasmaad Uchyate Nekaa ||
Atah, Evochyate Agyeyaa, Anantaa, Alakshyaa, Ajaa, Ekaa, Neketi ||


Meaning:

Even the Gods like Bhrama etc also do not understand her form, So she is called Agyeya;
She is the one whose End can not be reached, So she is called Anantaa;
Her motive is not known, so she is known as Alakshyaa;
Her birth is not known, therefore she is called as Ajaa;
She alone exists everywhere, so the Vedas call her Ekaa;
She alone is seen in the form of this whole world, so she is called Neka.

Sai Nath - Shraddha and Saboori

Shri Shirdi Sai Baba 

Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi descended on the earth to lead mankind to the realm of eternity. As the divine mother He gave his immense love and as the divine father He gave direction to our search for truth.  His mission was to make people conscious of their divine nature. The people who follow His teachings and preaching are indeed blessed souls. The cardinal principles of Sai Path are 'Shraddha' and 'Saburi'.  Sai Baba explicitly asked for these two qualities in His devotees by giving his self-experiential instance that his 'Murshid' or Master asked from him only two pice - one Shraddha and other the Saburi.

Shraddha 

'Shraddha' in a Sanskrit word, which has no equivalent in English, at best it can be understood as, faith with love and reverence. Such faith or trust is generated out of conviction, which may not be the result of any rational belief or intellectual wisdom, but a spiritual inspiration.  Baba sowed the seeds of spiritual inspiration in the hearts of people who knew of him.  This Divine inspiration was so instant and profound that they automatically took refuge in Him.

Baba reiterated that steadfast love in God as the gateway to eternity.  He used the instance of mother tortoise to illustrate this point.  The mother - tortoise may be on the other side of the river, whereas her children are on the far side.  She does not transfer food and water to her children by way of her loving glances.  Yet, her loving looks are enough to protect the children. Similarly, people who lovingly look at God get His reciprocity.  God's looks offer peace, protection and prosperity for His children.  Baba's teaching, both direct and indirect explicate the significance of 'Shraddha'.  Baba reiterates the spiritual guidance of Shri Krishna to Arjun - "Who-so ever offer to Me with love or devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, that offering of pure love is readily accepted by Me".

Saburi 

'Saburi'; is patience and perseverance.  Saburi is a quality needed throughout the path to reach the goal.  This quality must be ingrained in a seeker from day one, least he looses his stride and leaves the path half way.  As a hunter waits patiently and motionlessly for his target a devotee too has to wait patiently for attaining his goal.  There are many trying situations in life.  A test may come in the form of frustration, distress, agony, illness, mishaps, prolonged wait or a loss.  In such moments we should seek support from the Master and hold on him.

If patience means anything it should last till the end, and faith will see us through every turmoil of life.

Ref: http://www.shirdibaba.org/aboutsai/ss.htm

Kartik Poornima : 10th November 2011 - Thursday

In general, Poornimas are dedicated to Vishnu and vaishnav's perform Satya Narayan puja on this day. And among the 12 hindu months, Kartik is the month dedciated to vishnu worship. Strict rules (The cult of Vishnu bhakti, always has strict rules as compared to other cults of hinduism) are followed by Vishnu devotees in this month. Kartick Poorima marks the completion of the lunar kartik month(The solar kartik month would end on Sankranti).
Therefore, kartik poornima is one of the best days, when one should worship Shree Vishnu.
A simple way is Vishnu Deepam: One can light a diya(s) with til oil or ghee in vishnu temples.


Also, this is the day when Shiva destroyed the tripuras( three cities, built by 3 demon brothers) and killed Taraksha, Kamalaksha and Vidyunmali. So Kartik poornima is also known as tripuri poornima. Shaivites offer oil/ghee diyas in Shiva temples on this day.


Apart from Shiva and Vishnu, this poornima is special for Lakshmi/Mahalakshmi/Tripursundari puja also.
All poornimas are good for worship of Shree Kul Devis( lakshmi, kamla, tripursundari, raj rajeshwari, Mahalakshmi, bala etc.. ). Kartik poornima has special significance. 


It is said that, on Kartik Poornima (Dev Dipawali), all devtas descend on earth and are present near sacred teeraths and rivers. One should try to have a bath in Ganga and other holy rivers at places like Kashi, Haridwar if possible. Or else invoke all holy rivers with this mantra : 
Ganga Cha Yamuna Chaiva Godavari Saraswati,Narmada Sindhu Kaveri Jale asmin Sannidham Kuru
and have bath at home.


Astro Aspects and tips:


1) For Malefic Jupiter : Donate items like, chana dal, bananas, kesar, yellow cloth, a holy book, turmeric, jaggery etc to a priest in a temple on 10th Morning


2) For Malefic Moon: Try to have a bath in Ganga on this day, or else mix some ganga water in normal water and have bath at home , after invoking all holy rivers. And offer 1 , 11 or 16 ghee diyas to the full moon at night.


3) One should purify and energize stones, he/she is wearing on this day.


4) Offer diyas as told above to Shiva/visnu/devi or your ishta devta.




Note: Deep Daan should be done in the evenings. 

Guru Poornima: 15th July 2011

A tribute to all the learned men and women who initiated me into astrology, spirituality and occult..

अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकया ।
चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥


अनेकजन्मसंप्राप्त कर्मबन्धविदाहिने ।
आत्मज्ञानप्रदानेन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥


त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव, त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव, त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव ॥

Guru Graha Gochar : 8th May 2011

While analyzing a horoscope, the 3 basic things which one astrologer would check for a quick view are:


1) Lagna chart and the Navmansha chart (Mostly astrologers would not check the Navmansh Chart, But Its important as it shows the real strength of the planets)


2) The Dasha - Antardasha Cycle : usually the Vimshottarti Dasha cycle is followd in North Indian Astrology. Though Parashar has laid down rules as to see which dasha cycle, but Vimshottari is the most commonly used one.


3) Gochar or transit effects


What is Gochara?
Now what does Gochar mean: Go + Char means moving in the sky. In this we analyse the effects of current planetary positions with respect to the natal moon of the person. That is, the current placement of the planet with respect to the rasi( moon sign) of the jataka.
Some astrologers also check the placement of the planets w.r.t the Lagna , but the moon sign principle is recommended mostly.


Gochara Duartion of Planets:
Approximately the planets transit through one rashi as following:


Surya   : 1 month
chandra : 2.25 days
Mangal : 3 months
Bhudh: 1 month
Guru: 12 months
Shukr: 1 month
Shani: 2.5 years
Rahu and Ketu: 18 months


Planets of Importance:
I would dare not compare any of the planets and tell one of them to be more influencing than the other. Astrologers usually consider Chandra and Budh as very soft planets, but they can also play a havoc if badly placed. Chandra is responsible for chronic depression, suicides, mental illness etc. None of the planets is less powerful. It all depends on the position, strength and relative placement of the planets in the Natal Charts.


Still, traditionally for ease of analysis, only the gochar of Shani, Guru and Rahu-Ketu are taken into consideration while predicting.
This is because as you can see above. these planets take considerably longer time to transit through a Rashi.


But Still I would quote here, that Chandra which transits one rashi in 2.25 days is also very important. It lays the foundation of Muhurat jyotish. The gochar of Chandra is the base of Chandra bal, which is used when some one asks me/or any other astrologer to tell a auspicious day for starting a new venture, giving and interview/examination etc...


Also, out of Guru, Shani and Rahu-Ketu.. the gochar of Shani and Guru is mostly checked while predicting.
This is because, Rahu and Ketu usualy cancel of their effects , also their effects are not so easy to analyse and predict accurately. After all they are the most mysterious of all, Chaya Grahas(Rahu-Ketu)


The Gochar of Shani and Guru:
When Shani is bad in gochar, it is called the period of Shani Sadesati and Shani Dhaiya( Also called panoti). Even pancham shani is very bad, that is when Shani is placed in the 5th house with respect to the moon sign. Sadesati is the most used term is astrology and considered the most horrible of all :)
Usually, the gochar of shani is given more importance, it is said that if Guru is good as per gochar but Shani is not, then the good effects of Guru gochar will not be evident to the person clearly.
The following table would give you any idea of the Gochar importance of Shani and guru:

Ghochar of Shani	Gochar of Guru	Overall Gochar Effect
Positive	Positive	Positive
Positive	Negative	Negative with a tint of Positive
Negative	Positive	Negative with a tint of Positive
Negative	Negative	Negative

But, this is a also very geneal  statement to make. For certain Rashis, like vrishabh and tula, the postive effects of Guru and the negative effects of Shani gochar are not of much imortance, because Guru is a malefic planet for these rashis and Shani is a benefic planet for them. Similarly , for simha rashi , the positive effects of shani gochar are not of much use.


If the planet is a yogkarka in the natal chart, it will not give bad effects , even if it is inauspiocus as per the gochar rules.


In a nutshell, Only an experienced and competent astrologer can decipher the real effect of a gochar/transit, because there are many rules to be taken into consideratibefore we make a judgement.

Guru Transit happening on 8th may 2011 and Its effects:


Still, I would give here a general effect of the Guru Gochar ( 8th may 2011 to 29th May 2012) for all the 12 Moon Signs:


Aries or Mesha: worries, fear, living far off from hometown, expenditure, interest would develop in religious rituals


Taurus or Vrishabh: Sorrow, embarrassing situations, extra expenditure


Gemini or Mithun: foreign travel, beneficial relationships and partnerships, more freiends, benefits form higher officers


Cancer or Kark: problems in job, loss of money, issues related to children


Leo or Singh: Lucky period, interest in reliogious rituals, higher education, benefits from officers and children


Virgo or Kanya: helath n welath issues, unneccesary travel, fights and misunderstandinsg with near and dear ones


Libra or Tula: benefical travel, job related travel, profit in business, marriage


Scorpio or Vrischik: Goof for father, helath, winning in court cases, benfits from children


Saggitarius or Dhanu: benefits from children , higher post people and good friendships and partnerships


Capricon or Makar: bad for mother, issues related to friends and relatives, embarrassing situations 


Aquarius or Kumbha: health issues, issues in job, misunderstandings with friends


Pisces or Meen: good for money matters, family, job and health

Remedies:


If Guru is benefic as per the Natal chart/ Dasha-AntarDasha or Gochar, one should:


1) Wear a yellow topaz or yellow sapphire
2) Apply tilak of kesar/haldi on forehead, navel and toungue
3) Wear yellow clothes on thursdays


If Guru is malefic as per the Natal chart/ Dasha-AntarDasha or Gochar, one should:


1) Donate chana dal, bananas, haldi , gur(jagggery) etc to a brahmin in the temple
2) Donatechana dal, bannanas, haldi , gur(jagggery) etc to an old beggar
3) Feed horses with chana


In general,

• Appeasing purohits, pandits, astrologers, one's own guru and elderly men is a remedy which would appease the planet guru.

• Doing seva of your grandparents, watering the 'Pipal' tree and worshiping Banana tree is also good in this case.

• Also,  one can do japa of the Guru beeja mantra: Om graam greem graum sah guruve namah , 16000 times in 40 days. But the basic rules of mantra chanting should be followed to get the benefits.

I am uploading a video here. It is Guru  Ashtothara Sathanamavali. One can recite it near a Banana or Pipal tree to appease Guru Brihaspati planet.