9 Navagrahas (Vedic Planetary Lords)
9 నవగ్రహాలు — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu
#1Surya(Sun)
సూర్యుడు
Day: Sunday
Gemstone: Ruby
Mahadasha: 6 years
#2Chandra(Moon)
చంద్రుడు
Day: Monday
Gemstone: Pearl
Mahadasha: 10 years
#3Mangala(Mars)
కుజుడు / అంగారకుడు
Day: Tuesday
Gemstone: Red Coral
Mahadasha: 7 years
#4Budha(Mercury)
బుధుడు
Day: Wednesday
Gemstone: Emerald
Mahadasha: 17 years
#5Guru(Jupiter)
గురుడు / బృహస్పతి
Day: Thursday
Gemstone: Yellow Sapphire
Mahadasha: 16 years
#6Shukra(Venus)
శుక్రుడు
Day: Friday
Gemstone: Diamond
Mahadasha: 20 years
#7Shani(Saturn)
శని
Day: Saturday
Gemstone: Blue Sapphire
Mahadasha: 19 years
#8Rahu(Ascending Lunar Node (shadow planet))
రాహువు
Day: Saturday (used for Rahu remedies)
Gemstone: Hessonite Garnet
Mahadasha: 18 years
#9Ketu(Descending Lunar Node (shadow planet))
కేతువు
Day: Tuesday (used for Ketu remedies)
Gemstone: Cat's Eye Chrysoberyl
Mahadasha: 7 years
What are the Navagrahas?
The 9 Navagrahas (Sanskrit नवग्रह, nine-grahas) are the planetary lords of Vedic astrology — 7 visible bodies (Sun, Moon, 5 classical planets) plus 2 shadow points (Rahu and Ketu, the lunar nodes). Together they govern the karmic timeline through the Vimshottari mahadasha system — a 120-year cycle that runs in fixed-length periods across a lifetime.
Vimshottari Mahadasha Lengths
- Surya (Sun): 6 years
- Chandra (Moon): 10 years
- Mangala (Mars): 7 years
- Rahu: 18 years
- Guru (Jupiter): 16 years
- Shani (Saturn): 19 years
- Budha (Mercury): 17 years
- Ketu: 7 years
- Shukra (Venus): 20 years
- Total: 120 years
The starting mahadasha depends on your birth nakshatra (janma nakshatra). Use our free Vimshottari dasha calculator to find your current period.