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Learning Kaal Bhairavashtakam With Sadhvi Jayshree Ji (Shani Pradosh Spl)

Learning Kaal Bhairavashtakam With Sadhvi Jayshree Ji (Shani Pradosh Spl)

When

Fri, 26 June → Sat, 27 June

8:30 PM – 9:30 PM IST

Where

Online, Bangalore, Karnataka

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About this ceremony

Sacred Mantra

Om Pram Preem Proum Sah Shanaischaraaya Namah

What it feels like

Saturn is the sternest teacher, and during Sade Sati his lessons can be hard. With black sesame and oil offered into the fire, the Shani Shanti Homa doesn't beg Saturn to relent — it asks for the patience and steadiness to walk his road, and emerge stronger.

What happens inside the Shani Shanti Homa

Performed in the authentic VDS Vaidic paddhati — Sankalpa, Ganapati Puja, Kalasha Sthapana, Punyahavachanam, the consecration of Agni, the deity's offerings, and the final Purnahuti.

  1. 1

    Sankalpa & Ganapati Puja

    The intention is set with the person's birth details.

  2. 2

    Shani invocation

    Lord Shani is invoked in the proper direction with his blue offerings.

  3. 3

    Shani Homa

    Sesame, ghee and the Shani samidha are offered into Agni with his mantra.

  4. 4

    Tila & oil offerings

    Black sesame and oil — beloved of Shani — are offered for his grace.

  5. 5

    Shanti Patha & Purnahuti

    Peace invocations conclude the homa.

Significance

Saturn is the strictest but most just of the planets — his trials during Sade Sati and Dhaiya are meant to guide one onto the right path. The Shani Shanti Homa does not remove the lessons but softens their harshness, granting the patience, discipline and steadiness to turn difficulty into success.

Benefits

  • Eases the trials of Sade Sati and Dhaiya
  • Reduces delays, setbacks and hardship
  • Bestows patience, discipline and steadiness
  • Turns Saturn's tests into lasting progress

Best time to perform

Saturdays, Amavasya, and during Sade Sati / Dhaiya.

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