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Mantra library: graha mantras, deity mantras and divine names

Every graha mantra here carries its traditional japa count, the daily load that completes it in a 40-day mandala, and the next hora of that graha in your city today, worked out from local sunrise. The deity mantras and name lists are traditional Sanskrit texts, each checked against two independent editions before it was published.

Navagraha mantras: the nine planetary beej mantras

One beej (seed) mantra for each graha, with the total it is traditionally chanted to and the day it belongs to. Open a graha for its daily count, its verse from the Navagraha Stotra and its hora today.

Surya mantra

ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः

7,000 japa · Sunday

Chandra mantra

ॐ श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चन्द्राय नमः

11,000 japa · Monday

Mangal mantra

ॐ क्रां क्रीं क्रौं सः भौमाय नमः

10,000 japa · Tuesday

Budh mantra

ॐ ब्रां ब्रीं ब्रौं सः बुधाय नमः

9,000 japa · Wednesday

Guru mantra

ॐ ग्रां ग्रीं ग्रौं सः गुरवे नमः

19,000 japa · Thursday

Shukra mantra

ॐ द्रां द्रीं द्रौं सः शुक्राय नमः

16,000 japa · Friday

Shani mantra

ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः

23,000 japa · Saturday

Rahu mantra

ॐ भ्रां भ्रीं भ्रौं सः राहवे नमः

18,000 japa · Saturday

Ketu mantra

ॐ स्रां स्रीं स्रौं सः केतवे नमः

17,000 japa · Tuesday

Deity mantras: Shiva, Ganesh, Hanuman, Durga and more

The mantras and shlokas most often chanted to each deity, with the Sanskrit, a readable transliteration, where each text comes from and what it says.

Shiva mantra

Om Namah Shivaya, Mahamrityunjaya, Shiva Gayatri

Ram mantra

Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram, Rama Rameti

108 names and other divine name lists

Each list is the traditional namavali, numbered as it is recited, with every name's meaning written for this site.

108 names of Shiva

श्रीशिवाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Vishnu

श्रीविष्ण्वष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Lakshmi

श्रीलक्ष्म्यष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Durga

श्रीदुर्गाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Ganesha

श्रीविनायकाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Hanuman

श्रीमदाञ्जनेयाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Krishna

श्रीकृष्णाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Rama

श्रीरामाष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

108 names of Saraswati

श्रीसरस्वत्यष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः

32 names of Durga

श्रीदुर्गाद्वात्रिंशन्नाममाला

How mantra japa is counted

Japa is counted on a mala of 108 beads with one larger bead, the meru, that is not counted. One pass round the mala is one mala: 108 repetitions. At the meru the mala is turned round rather than crossed, and the next pass begins.

A graha mantra's total — 7,000 for Surya, 23,000 for Shani — is traditionally completed within a mandala of 40 days. The number that matters each morning is therefore the daily load, and every graha page states it: the total divided by 40 days, rounded up to whole malas.

Mantra practice is part of a tradition of reflection and discipline. It is not a substitute for medical, legal or financial help.