Graha · Jupiter
Guru
Stands for wisdom, children, wealth and the teacher.
The graha in short
- Rules
- Dhanusu and Meenam
- Exalted in
- Kadagam, deepest at 5°
- Debilitated in
- Magaram, deepest at 5°
- Moolatrikona
- Dhanusu 0° to 10°
- Its nakshatras
- Punarpoosam, Visakam, Poorattathi — the three whose Vimshottari dasha is its own
- Mahadasha
- 16 years of the 120-year cycle. Work out the periods.
- Day
- Thursday
- 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
- wisdom, children, wealth and the teacher
- A strong Guru supports
- good judgement, growth of the family and the goodwill of elders
- A Guru period brings forward
- teachers, children, expansion and matters of faith
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 Jupiter, the same one the remedies and mantras pages read.
- Deity
- Dakshinamurthy and Apatsahayesvarar (Sivan), with Guru Bhagavan
- Colour
- Yellow
- Gem
- Yellow sapphire (Pushparagam)
- Mantra
- Guru gayatri (Om Vrishabadhwajaya Vidmahe Kruni Hastaya Dhimahi Tanno Guruh Prachodayat); Dakshinamurthy stotram — the texts, with their meanings
- Fasting
- Thursday (Guruvara vratam)
- Daanam
- Bengal gram (kadalai paruppu), turmeric, yellow cloth; books and fees for a student, food to a teacher
Its gem, and how it is worn
- Stone
- Yellow sapphire (Pushparagam) · Lemon to honey yellow
- Substitutes
- Citrine, Yellow topaz, Yellow zircon
- Finger and metal
- Index finger of the right hand, in gold
- When
- Thursday. At sunrise or in the morning, in the bright fortnight
- Weight
- Not below 3 ratti; 5 ratti is the usual size
- Read for
- Strengthens Guru: learning, guidance, dharma, the marriage of a daughter and the birth of children.
The one gem most astrologers treat as safe for almost every lagna, Guru being the natural benefic. 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
- Alangudi Apatsahayesvarar Temple Alangudi, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu · the Navagraha sthalam for Guru
- Thillai Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
- Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
- Thirukkandiyur Brahmasirakandeeswarar Temple Thirukkandiyur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- Brihadeeswarar Temple (Peruvudaiyar Koil) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram Darasuram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- Thiruvidaimarudur Mahalingaswamy Temple Thiruvidaimarudur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
198 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Guru; 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 Guru
- தமிழ் குரு
- తెలుగు గురువు
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಗುರು
- മലയാളം വ്യാഴം
- हिन्दी गुरु
- বাংলা বৃহস্পতি
- ગુજરાતી ગુરુ
- नेपाली बृहस्पति
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଗୁରୁ
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਗੁਰੂ
- සිංහල ගුරු
The glossary's entry for Guru lists the other names a family may have been given — Jupiter is called several things across the traditions.