Graha · Moon
Chandran
Stands for the mind, the mother, feeling and the home.
The graha in short
- Rules
- Kadagam
- Exalted in
- Rishabam, deepest at 3°
- Debilitated in
- Viruchigam, deepest at 3°
- Moolatrikona
- Rishabam 4° to 30°
- Its nakshatras
- Rohini, Hastham, Thiruvonam — the three whose Vimshottari dasha is its own
- Mahadasha
- 10 years of the 120-year cycle. Work out the periods.
- Day
- Monday
- 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
- the mind, the mother, feeling and the home
- A strong Chandran supports
- peace of mind, a comfortable home and warm relationships
- A Chandran period brings forward
- the home, the mother, travel and matters of the heart
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 Moon, the same one the remedies and mantras pages read.
- Deity
- Kailasanathar (Sivan) and Chandra Bhagavan
- Colour
- White
- Gem
- Pearl (Muthu)
- Mantra
- Chandra gayatri (Om Padmadwajaya Vidmahe Hema Rupaya Dhimahi Tanno Chandrah Prachodayat); Sivan abhishekam on Mondays — the texts, with their meanings
- Fasting
- Monday (Somavara vratam)
- Daanam
- Rice, milk, curd, white cloth, silver and conch; water and food to the elderly
Its gem, and how it is worn
- Stone
- Pearl (Muthu) · White with a soft lustre
- Substitutes
- Moonstone, White coral, Opal
- Finger and metal
- Little finger of the right hand, in silver
- When
- Monday. In the evening after moonrise, in the bright fortnight
- Weight
- Not below 4 ratti; 5 to 7 ratti is usual, a pearl being light for its size
- Read for
- Strengthens Chandran: steadiness of mind, sleep, the mother’s side and peace at home.
The gentlest of the nine and the one most often given first; a natural pearl is preferred to a cultured one. 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
- Thingalur Kailasanathar Temple Thingalur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu · the Navagraha sthalam for Chandran
- Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
- Thirukkadaiyur Amirthaghateswarar Temple Thirukkadaiyur, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
- Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Samayapuram Mariamman Temple Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
- Thiruverkadu Devi Karumariamman Temple Thiruverkadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
61 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Chandran; 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 Chandran
- தமிழ் சந்திரன்
- తెలుగు చంద్రుడు
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಂದ್ರ
- മലയാളം ചന്ദ്രൻ
- हिन्दी चंद्र
- বাংলা চন্দ্র
- ગુજરાતી ચંદ્ર
- नेपाली चन्द्र
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਚੰਦਰਮਾ
- සිංහල සඳු
The glossary's entry for Chandran lists the other names a family may have been given — Moon is called several things across the traditions.