Graha · Saturn
Sani
Stands for discipline, work, delay and long life.
The graha in short
- Rules
- Magaram and Kumbam
- Exalted in
- Thulam, deepest at 20°
- Debilitated in
- Mesham, deepest at 20°
- Moolatrikona
- Kumbam 0° to 20°
- Its nakshatras
- Poosam, Anusham, Uthirattathi — the three whose Vimshottari dasha is its own
- Mahadasha
- 19 years of the 120-year cycle. Work out the periods.
- Day
- Saturday
- Hora
- The first hora of its own weekday belongs to it, and the hora is one of the two horas avoided for a new undertaking. 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
- discipline, work, delay and long life
- A strong Sani supports
- patience, endurance and the reward that comes from steady work
- A Sani period brings forward
- responsibility, hard work and the lessons that take time
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 Saturn, the same one the remedies and mantras pages read.
- Deity
- Saneeswara Bhagavan and Darbaranyeswarar (Sivan); Anjaneyar (Hanuman)
- Colour
- Black and dark blue
- Gem
- Blue sapphire (Neelam)
- Mantra
- Sani gayatri (Om Kakadhwajaya Vidmahe Khadga Hastaya Dhimahi Tanno Mandah Prachodayat); Dasaratha Sani stotram; Hanuman Chalisa — the texts, with their meanings
- Fasting
- Saturday (Sanivara vratam)
- Daanam
- Black sesame (ellu), black gram (ulundu), sesame oil, iron and black cloth; a sesame-oil lamp on Saturdays; food to the poor and to crows
Its gem, and how it is worn
- Stone
- Blue sapphire (Neelam) · Cornflower to royal blue
- Substitutes
- Amethyst, Iolite (neeli), Blue spinel
- Finger and metal
- Middle finger of the right hand, in silver, panchaloha or iron
- When
- Saturday. Two hours before sunset, or before sunrise; Sani allows the dark fortnight too
- Weight
- Not below 3 ratti; 5 ratti is the usual size
- Read for
- Strengthens Sani: patience, discipline, steady work and relief in Sade sati where Sani is a friend of the lagna.
The fastest-acting and the most dangerous of the nine. It is never taken up without the trial period below. 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
- Thirunallar Darbaranyeswarar Temple Thirunallar, Karaikal, Puducherry · the Navagraha sthalam for Sani
- Thirupariyalur Veerateswarar Temple Kollumangudi, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
- Thirukkadaiyur Amirthaghateswarar Temple Thirukkadaiyur, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
- Papanasanathar Temple, Papanasam Papanasam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- Vedaranyeswarar Temple, Vedaranyam Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
- Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
- Kuchanur Sanieswarar Temple Kuchanur, Theni, Tamil Nadu
135 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Sani; 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 Sani
- தமிழ் சனி
- తెలుగు శని
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಶನಿ
- മലയാളം ശനി
- हिन्दी शनि
- বাংলা শনি
- ગુજરાતી શનિ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଶନି
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸ਼ਨੀ
- සිංහල සෙනසුරු
The glossary's entry for Sani lists the other names a family may have been given — Saturn is called several things across the traditions.