Mantra and japa
Mantra library: graha mantras, deity mantras and divine names
Every graha mantra here carries its traditional japa count, the daily load that completes it in a 40-day mandala, and the next hora of that graha in your city today, worked out from local sunrise. The deity mantras and name lists are traditional Sanskrit texts, each checked against two independent editions before it was published.
One beej (seed) mantra for each graha, with the total it is traditionally chanted to and the day it belongs to. Open a graha for its daily count, its verse from the Navagraha Stotra and its hora today.
Surya mantra
7,000 japa · Sunday
Chandra mantra
11,000 japa · Monday
Mangal mantra
10,000 japa · Tuesday
Budh mantra
9,000 japa · Wednesday
Guru mantra
19,000 japa · Thursday
Shukra mantra
16,000 japa · Friday
Shani mantra
23,000 japa · Saturday
Rahu mantra
18,000 japa · Saturday
Ketu mantra
17,000 japa · Tuesday
The mantras and shlokas most often chanted to each deity, with the Sanskrit, a readable transliteration, where each text comes from and what it says.
Shiva mantra
Om Namah Shivaya, Mahamrityunjaya, Shiva GayatriGanesh mantra
Om Gam Ganapataye Namah, Ganesh Gayatri, VakratundaHanuman mantra
Manojavam, Atulit Baldhamam, the beej mantraDurga mantra
Sarva Mangala Mangalye, Ya Devi SarvabhuteshuLakshmi mantra
Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah, Lakshmi GayatriVishnu mantra
Om Namo Narayanaya, Om Namo Bhagavate VasudevayaKrishna mantra
Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Krishnaya VasudevayaRam mantra
Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram, Rama RametiSaraswati mantra
Saraswati Namastubhyam, Ya Kundendu, Om AimKuber mantra
The Vedic Kubera mantra, Om Yakshaya KuberayaGayatri mantra
Rigveda 3.62.10, with every word explained
Each list is the traditional namavali, numbered as it is recited, with every name's meaning written for this site.
108 names of Shiva
श्रीशिवाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Vishnu
श्रीविष्ण्वष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Lakshmi
श्रीलक्ष्म्यष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Durga
श्रीदुर्गाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Ganesha
श्रीविनायकाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Hanuman
श्रीमदाञ्जनेयाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Krishna
श्रीकृष्णाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Rama
श्रीरामाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः108 names of Saraswati
श्रीसरस्वत्यष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः12 names of Hanuman
हनुमद्द्वादशनामस्तोत्रम्32 names of Durga
श्रीदुर्गाद्वात्रिंशन्नाममाला
Japa is counted on a mala of 108 beads with one larger bead, the meru, that is not counted. One pass round the mala is one mala: 108 repetitions. At the meru the mala is turned round rather than crossed, and the next pass begins.
A graha mantra's total — 7,000 for Surya, 23,000 for Shani — is traditionally completed within a mandala of 40 days. The number that matters each morning is therefore the daily load, and every graha page states it: the total divided by 40 days, rounded up to whole malas.
Mantra practice is part of a tradition of reflection and discipline. It is not a substitute for medical, legal or financial help.
The planetary hours the graha mantras are timed to, and the guides behind the practice.
