Kala Bhairav Puja

Kalashtami is a significant Hindu observance dedicated to Lord Kala Bhairava, a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva associated with time (Kala), justice, and protection.  The importance of this day is mentioned in the Aditya Purana, which emphasizes on Kaal Bhairav's role in protecting devotees & ensuring the removal of evil forces. Every month Kalaashthami occurs on the Ashtami (8th day) of the Krishna Paksha (waning moon phase) in the Hindu lunar calendar.

Significance:-Worship of Kala Bhairava, who symbolizes the destructive and transformative power of time. Belief in his role as a protector against evil, fear, and negative energies. Liberation from sins (paap) and cycles of rebirth, as per Hindu teachings.

Mythological Background :-

• According to legends, Bhairava emerged to decapitate one of Brahma's five heads (which had insulted Shiva), leading to his role as a guardian of righteousness. He is often depicted carrying the skull of Brahma, symbolizing penance and the transcendence of ego.

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Rituals and Observances:-

* Fasting: Devotees observe a strict fast from sunrise until moonrise or until the Ashtami tithi ends. Some consume only fruits or milk. 

* Puja and Offerings: Visit Bhairava temples (e.g., Kala Bhairava Temple in Varanasi or at Ujjain besides the Shipra river) or worship at home.

* Offer black sesame seeds, mustard oil, flowers, incense, and lamps. Meat or alcohol may be offered in some traditions, though this varies regionally.

* Recite the Kalabhairava Ashtakam (hymns praising Bhairava).

* Night Vigil: Some stay awake, chanting mantras or meditating on Bhairava's qualities.

• * Black Sesame Seeds: Symbolize protection from evil and ancestral blessings.

• * Mustard Oil: Used in lamps to dispel darkness (ignorance) and negative forces.

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Spiritual Benefits :-

• Protection from enemies, accidents, and misfortune.

• Mastery over fear, particularly fear of time and death.

• Spiritual growth, inner strength, and liberation (moksha).

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Regional Variations :-

• In South India, processions (utsavam) of Bhairava idols may occur.

• In Nepal, the festival is prominently observed at the Kala Bhairava Temple in Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu.

Kalashtami emphasizes the balance of divine ferocity and benevolence, guiding devotees toward fearlessness and righteousness.

Career Astrology: Landed up in a wrong job role

In today's world everyone works to earn a decent living and for that it is extremely important that the job should be cut out for you. If you work in a role which is not the right fitment for you then you are bound to experience job burn out and your longevity in that job role would be short-lived because you would either look out for a change or you would request your supervisors to change your job role within your company.

In today's case study we would look into the horoscope of a person who is a veteran in his job role and is quite close to his retirement age. Despite having such a rich experience of 30+ years he was moved from his existing department all of a sudden by the end of the year 2024 and this caused a lot of anxiousness and uncertainty in his career.

This person is an engineer by profession, an NRI (Non-residential Indian) who was employed in the manufacturing sector (in a refinery) and was doing good in his life. The birth date/time & place of birth are concealed for privacy reasons.

This person was born during the Shukla Paksha Dashami tithi in Swati nakshatra. He emigrated overseas from India during the Guru mahadasha (November, 1982 till November, 1998) and during the end of the Rahu Antardasha (June, 1996 till November, 1998). The reason being that Guru and Rahu being in mutual 7th axis in 12th and 6th house respectively in the Lagna Kundali and Rahu is aspecting the 12th house. Moreover, looking at the Dashamsha Kundali, Rahu aspects Guru, the Arudha of the 10th house (in Dashamsha kundali), the Hora lagna and the Arudha lagna & simultaneously the Ghatika Lagna in Dashamsha Kundali. Hence, Rahu is a Maha Yogada in the Dashamsha Kundali which caused his emigration for better career opportunities.

Coming to the current times, he is undergoing the antardasha of Chandra (December, 2024 till May, 2026) within the mahadasha of Budh (November, 2017 till November, 2034). Looking at the lagna kundali, Chandra & Budh are in mutual 6/8 position which causes friction in career. Moreover, looking at the Dashamsha Kundali, Chandra being in the 8th house (the house of unpleasant surprises) conjoined with the arudha of the 10th house further accelerates the uncertainties in the job. It was during the start of the Chandra Antardasha (December, 2024) that he was suddenly moved to a new department which was not his comfort zone and it thus caused a lot of uncertainties. Therefore, appropriate remedies associated with Chandra was recommended and things slowly fell in place after performing those remedies.

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Career Astrology: Issues with office subordinates

Career is one of the major facets in one's life since it is directly related to one's finances, well-being & social status. Having said, inside any organization there are primary three types of people with whom one has to work with. First, it is one's peers, second is one's boss/bosses and third is one's subordinates.

In this article we would look into a case study wherein this person had issues related to his subordinates and hence because of his ineffective & unruly subordinates, he faced a major setback on his performance.

The following horoscope is that of an engineer who graduated out from a premier engineering college (of national repute) and he worked in a managerial for a major steel firm in India. Attached below is his Lagna Kundali and his Dashamsha Kundali. The date of birth, time of birth and the place of birth has been concealed for privacy reasons.

 

While writing this article he was in his late thirties and faced major issue related to his subordinates wherein his subordinates were not being able to handle the tasks effectively which were being delegated to them. This amounted to a lot of frustrations since he had to work from scratch at the ground level which impeded his growth prospects and he had to slog at the steel plant for more than 15-18 hours/day since the last 6 months.

This person was born during the Shukla Paksh dwadashi tithi in Ashresha Nakshatra. His Atma-Karak was Surya and the baadhak graha is Guru.The following were the Mahadasha and the Antardasha that were prevailing while he reached out to me,

* Shukra mahadasha-- February, 2006 till February, 2026

         Ketu Antardasha-- December, 2024 till February, 2026

* Surya Mahadasha -- February, 2026 for the next 6 Years.

He had worked overseas from end of 2016 till the end of 2018. This was during the Shukra Mahadasha & Guru Antardasha. Guru Antardasha gave him overseas opportunities since Guru is a baadhak graha & Guru being in the 10th house (house of career) in his mool-trikon rashi would assist in overseas travel for career opportunities. Also, looking at the Dashamsha Kundali (the chart for career), the effects of Guru very clearly indicate foreign travel for career opportunities.

The current mahadasha of Shukra with Ketu antardasha was not favourable since Ketu (being malefic) being exalted in the 5th house of the Dashamsha Kundali caused issues related to his subordinates. Issues started exactly with the onset of the Ketu Antardasha. Appropriate remedies were given to the client related to the pacification of the Ketu graha and issues have been mitigated to much extent. 

The next mahadasha of Surya would be benefic from a career perspective provided he chooses a right mentor in his organization who would guide him during the next course of 6 years.

If you are facing issues related to your career, please feel free to reach out to me on my mobile- 8895785523 (call/whatsapp/text).

Horoscope indicating late marriage

 We all know that in the Indian context, marriage is an act of dharma. Also, in today's era, it is customary for girls to marry usually before she attains the age of 30 years.

However there are instances when marriage does not fructify  even post the age of 30 years and hence in this article we will highlight a case wherein this particular native could'nt get married even after the age of 30 years.

Looking at the lagna kundali, the lord of 7th house is Chandra and Chandra receives the malefic aspect of Rahu and is conjoined with Ketu. Also, the Lagnesh is in lagna (a marana karaka sthana for Shani) and is also aspecting the 7th house of marriage. Shani and Rahu are the grahas which are responsible for delaying any auspicious activity and in this case it is marriage. Also, the 2nd house from Upapada lagna (denoted by UL) in lagna kundali receives the malefic aspect of Rahu from the 12th house. Moreover, Arudha Lagna and the arudha of the 7th house are in Shat-Asthak (6/8 axis) which is detrimental for the quality of married life. Moreover, the 'Shadbal' strength of Chandra (the lord of marriage) is below the minimum required strength.

However, we should remember that the conclusion for the aspect of marriage should not be drawn solely from the lagna kundali but Navamsha kundali should be analysed in detail.The 7th house of lagna kundali is Chandra and Chandra is conjoined with malefic Rahu and receives the malefic aspect of Ketu. Also, the lord of the 7th house of Navamsha Kundali is Budh and Budh is also conjoined with Rahu. Also, Arudha lagna of Navamsha and the arudha of 7th house in Navamsha are in Dwi-Dwadash (2/12 axis) which is also detrimental for married life.

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Horoscope Analysis of Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on 25th December, 1924 at 04:10 AM IST in Gwalior.

He was the first Prime Minister of India outside the Congress party. In this article we will analyse his horoscope and what combination of the grahas gave him the top most position of the country in the year 1998.

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born in Vrishchik lagna and Vrishchik rashi.

The Lagna in his horoscope has Chandra and Shukra. Rahu is benefic in his horoscope and is the Atmakaraka graha placed in the 9th house. The 9th house also has the Arudha Lagna alongwith Rahu. 

Shani being the Lord of 3rd house (the house of communication) is placed being exalted in the 12th house. The 12th house is also the karaka sthan for Shani. This placement of Shani is favourable and is the reason why Shri Vajpayee was an excellent communicator. Also, exalted Shani is placed at Kendra from 3rd house (12th house is Kendra sthan from 3rd house).

The 2nd house has Surya, Guru and Budh graha conjoined together and since Guru and Surya conjoins in the 2nd house this gives a powerful Raj Yoga (Lord of Kendra + Lord of a Trikon placed together).Also, Guru is placed in its own Rashi (Dhanu Rashi) and the 2nd house is the karaka sthan for Guru. Also, Guru is the Lord of the 5th house (the house of followers) and this explains a massive fan following of Vajpayee Ji in his life. Not to forget he was instrumental in expanding BJP's footprint in the Lok Sabha from just 2 seats to 303 (BJP led NDA) in 1999.

Now looking at Shri Vajpayee Ji's Dashamsha Varga Chakra we observe the following:-

The Dashamsha Varga Chakra reveals that the 9th house has Surya, Guru and Chandra places together and Guru + Chandra combination gives both Gaja-Kesari Yoga and Raj Yoga. Moreover, Rahu being benefic is placed in the 5th house of followers. 

Shri Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India in 1998 during the Rahu Mahadasha and Surya Antardasha. Let's analyse why Rahu Dasha and Surya Bhukti gave the top position in the country to him.

Rahu in the Lagna Kundali is placed in 9th house conjoined with Arudha Lagna. Arudha Lagna is responsible for one's status in the society. Rahu being benefic elevated his status in the society. Also, Rahu is aspecting the 5th House of followers in Lagna Kundali which explains the massive mandate which he got in 1998.

In the Dashamsha Varga Chakra (which has to deal with profession), we see that Rahu is placed in the 5th house of followers and Surya aspects Arudha Lagna (in the 3rd house). Also, Rahu aspects the 9th house and also the Lagna in Dashamsha Varga Chakra.

All the above mentioned Graha Yog made him the Prime Minister of India in 1998.

Manglik Dosh

Mars represents aggression, excitement and masculinity. Mars is considered as a natural malefic as per Vedic Astrology. Mars placed in House no. 1, House no. 4, House no. 7 , House no. 8 and House no. 12 in the natal chart makes that particular native to be ‘considered’ as Manglik.

If kundali matching is not done properly before marriage and either one of the spouse is Mangalik while the other is not then the following issues crop up,

(a) Delay in the marriage for the native.
(b) Uneasiness in the marital life.
© Frequent quarrels and lack of understanding between husband and the wife. (d) Death of either the husband or the wife.
(e) Divorce/Separatation of the couple.

Please note that being considered does not means as being confirmed as a Manglik. There are many cancellation points which needs to be evaluated before tagging a person as a Manglik. Those are as follows,

(a) If the degree wise capability of Mars is too less i.e. close to zero degrees or close to 29 Deg. then Manglik Dosh gets cancelled. Also, if the Shad-Bal of Mars is less than the required threshold then the effect of Mars gets weak and Manglik Dosh is not materialized.

(b) If Mars is in conjunction with Moon and both of them have fairly good degree wise capability then Manglik Dosh gets cancelled out. Rather in this conjunction an auspicious Yog known as Mahalakshmi Yog materializes subjected to certain conditions.

© If Jupiter aspects Mars when Mars is in House no. 1, no. 4, no.7 , no. 8 and no.12 in the natal chart then Manglik Dosh gets cancelled out.

(d) If the Lord of House no. 7 is placed very strongly in the native’s kundali then Manglik Dosh gets diluted/cancelled.

(e) If Mars is in close combustion with Sun i.e within less than 8° from the Sun then Mars gets combust and Manglik Dosh gets cancelled.

(f) If Mars is in conjunction with Rahu or with Ketu or with Saturn and each of them have good degree wise capability, then Manglik Dosh gets cancelled out.

(g) If Mars is present in movable rashis i.e. Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn then Manglik Dosh is cancelled.

(h) If Mars is present in the Nakshatra of Ketu i.e. ‘Ashwini’ or ‘Magha’ or ‘Moola’ then Mangalik Dosh gets cancelled out.