Graha · Mercury
Budhan
Stands for speech, learning, trade and reasoning.
The graha in short
- Rules
- Mithunam and Kanni
- Exalted in
- Kanni, deepest at 15°
- Debilitated in
- Meenam, deepest at 15°
- Moolatrikona
- Kanni 16° to 20°
- Its nakshatras
- Ayilyam, Kettai, Revathi — the three whose Vimshottari dasha is its own
- Mahadasha
- 17 years of the 120-year cycle. Work out the periods.
- Day
- Wednesday
- Hora
- The first hora of its own weekday belongs to it, and the hora is one of the four good horas. Today's twenty-four
What it is read for
The three lines the chart summary and the lessons are both built from, so nothing here says something the rest of the app does not.
- Stands for
- speech, learning, trade and reasoning
- A strong Budhan supports
- quick learning, clear speech and a good head for dealings
- A Budhan period brings forward
- learning, trade, writing and dealings with people
These are the traditional leanings of a placement, not a verdict on a person; the whole chart, and the family astrologer, decide how much any one of them shows.
Parihaaram
The traditional remedy row for Mercury, the same one the remedies and mantras pages read.
- Deity
- Swetharanyeswarar (Sivan) and Budha Bhagavan; Vishnu (Perumal)
- Colour
- Green
- Gem
- Emerald (Maragatham)
- Mantra
- Budha gayatri (Om Gajadhwajaya Vidmahe Sukha Hastaya Dhimahi Tanno Budhah Prachodayat); Vishnu Sahasranamam — the texts, with their meanings
- Fasting
- Wednesday (Budhavara vratam)
- Daanam
- Green gram (pasi payaru), green cloth, books and writing material to students
Its gem, and how it is worn
- Stone
- Emerald (Maragatham) · Grass to sea green
- Substitutes
- Peridot, Green tourmaline, Green onyx
- Finger and metal
- Little finger of the right hand, in gold, or panchaloha
- When
- Wednesday. In the first two hours after sunrise, in the bright fortnight
- Weight
- Not below 3 ratti; 4 to 6 ratti is usual
- Read for
- Strengthens Budhan: speech, study, memory, accounts and the nerves.
The gem families give a child struggling with study or speech; an emerald with visible internal cracks is not worn. The whole wearing table, and whether a chart calls for a stone at all, is on the gems page. A gem is worn only on the advice of the family astrologer, after the graha's strength and role in the chart have been weighed; a gem strengthens its graha, so it is never taken up on a table like this alone.
Where it is worshipped
- Thiruvenkadu Swetharanyeswarar Temple Thiruvenkadu, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu · the Navagraha sthalam for Budhan
- Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
- Devanatha Perumal Temple, Thiruvahindrapuram Thiruvahindrapuram, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
- Kaisina Vendan Perumal Temple, Thirupuliangudi Thirupuliangudi, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
- Koothanur Maha Saraswathi Temple Koothanur, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
- Panachikkadu Saraswathy Temple Panachikkadu, Kottayam, Kerala
- Sri Mookambika Temple, Kollur Kollur, Udupi, Karnataka
13 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Budhan; the ones near you are on the temples page. Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.
The name
The same graha in every script this app carries.
- English Budhan
- தமிழ் புதன்
- తెలుగు బుధుడు
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಬುಧ
- മലയാളം ബുധൻ
- हिन्दी बुध
- বাংলা বুধ
- ગુજરાતી બુધ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବୁଧ
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੁੱਧ
- සිංහල බුධ
The glossary's entry for Budhan lists the other names a family may have been given — Mercury is called several things across the traditions.