Graha · Venus
Sukran
Stands for marriage, comfort, art and pleasure.
The graha in short
- Rules
- Rishabam and Thulam
- Exalted in
- Meenam, deepest at 27°
- Debilitated in
- Kanni, deepest at 27°
- Moolatrikona
- Thulam 0° to 15°
- Its nakshatras
- Bharani, Pooram, Pooradam — the three whose Vimshottari dasha is its own
- Mahadasha
- 20 years of the 120-year cycle. Work out the periods.
- Day
- Friday
- 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
- marriage, comfort, art and pleasure
- A strong Sukran supports
- harmony at home, an eye for beauty and ease in company
- A Sukran period brings forward
- marriage, comfort, the arts and the pleasures of life
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 Venus, the same one the remedies and mantras pages read.
- Deity
- Agneeswarar (Sivan) and Sukra Bhagavan; Mahalakshmi
- Colour
- White
- Gem
- Diamond (Vairam)
- Mantra
- Sukra gayatri (Om Aswadhwajaya Vidmahe Dhanur Hastaya Dhimahi Tanno Sukrah Prachodayat); Sri Suktam; Lakshmi Ashtothram — the texts, with their meanings
- Fasting
- Friday (Sukravara vratam)
- Daanam
- White cloth, rice, sugar, curd, ghee and silver; a meal and gifts to sumangalis
Its gem, and how it is worn
- Stone
- Diamond (Vairam) · Colourless with fire
- Substitutes
- White sapphire, White zircon, White topaz
- Finger and metal
- Middle finger of the right hand, in platinum, white gold or silver
- When
- Friday. At sunrise, or in the Sukra hora of a Friday morning, in the bright fortnight
- Weight
- Not below half a ratti; one ratti is already a large stone, and a diamond is worn far smaller than the others
- Read for
- Strengthens Sukran: married happiness, comfort, art, beauty and the reproductive system.
A stone with a visible black inclusion or a chip is not worn; for Simmam and Kadagam lagnas a diamond is usually refused. 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
- Kanjanur Agneeswarar Temple Kanjanur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu · the Navagraha sthalam for Sukran
- Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
- Thirukkurukkai Veerateswarar Temple Thirukkurukkai, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
- Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Mangadu Kamakshi Amman Temple Mangadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
- Kanyakumari Bhagavathy Amman Temple Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
60 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Sukran; 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 Sukran
- தமிழ் சுக்கிரன்
- తెలుగు శుక్రుడు
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಶುಕ್ರ
- മലയാളം ശുക്രൻ
- हिन्दी शुक्र
- বাংলা শুক্র
- ગુજરાતી શુક્ર
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଶୁକ୍ର
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ
- සිංහල සිකුරු
The glossary's entry for Sukran lists the other names a family may have been given — Venus is called several things across the traditions.