It is best to worship Shanidev on Saturday before sunrise or after sunset. Take bath and wear blue/black clothes. Light a mustard oil lamp at home or temple, offer black sesame seeds, blue flowers and cloves. Chant the mantra ‘Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah’, circumambulate by lighting a lamp under the Peepal tree and recite Shani Chalisa.
Shani puja ritual
puja time
Perform puja early in the morning or in the evening (after sunset) on Saturday. After bathing, wear clean, if possible, blue or black colored clothes. Also arrange worship materials like mustard oil, black sesame seeds, blue flowers, Shami leaves, black cloth, iron objects, incense sticks, incense and camphor etc.
method of worship
Light a mustard oil lamp in front of the idol of Shani Dev in the home temple or in the Shani temple. Offer black sesame and oil to Shani Dev. Chant the mantra ‘Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah’ or ‘Om Pram Preem Praun Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah’ 108 times. Perform Shani Chalisa and Shani Aarti.
special measures
In the evening, offer water to the root of the Peepal tree and light a mustard oil lamp and circumambulate it seven times. Wrap raw suit seven times and recite Shani Kavach, feed food to the poor or donate black urad, blanket, iron items.
Cautions and Rules
While worshiping, keep your face towards west. Do not look at the idol of Shani Dev from the front, look from the side. Avoid consumption of meat and alcohol on Saturday.
Saturn is considered a cruel planet in astrology, hence people get scared on hearing its name, but Saturn is also called the giver of karmic results.
It is said that they give results to a person according to his deeds, if Saturn is placed in an auspicious position in the horoscope, then it can transform the person from a pauper to a king, but the inauspicious position of Saturn can make even a king a beggar. Still, if some special measures are taken on Saturday, then the inauspicious effects of Saturn can also be changed into auspicious effects. If you are also facing the inauspicious effects of Saturn, then try these remedies.
If Saturn is giving inauspicious effect by sitting in the first house of the horoscope, then the person should mix some sugar in milk and offer it to a banyan or peepal tree on Saturday and apply a tilak on the forehead by taking wet soil from below.
If Saturn is giving inauspicious results in the second house, then on Saturday you should apply a tilak of milk or curd on your forehead and offer milk on Shivalinga.
To avoid the ill effects of Saturn sitting in the third house, donate black sesame, banana and lemon on Saturday, serve dogs and avoid meat and alcohol.
To avoid the inauspicious results of Saturn situated in the fourth house, feed buffalo and crow on Saturday. Help the poor and needy. Donate to them as per your capacity. Float the alcohol in running water.
To avoid the inauspicious effects of Saturn in the fifth house, wear an iron ring in your hand and donate whole moong dal to a needy person on Saturday.
If Saturn is giving inauspicious results from the sixth house, then buy leather and iron items. On Saturday, anoint Lord Shiva by putting black sesame seeds in water.
To protect yourself from the inauspicious results of Saturn sitting in the seventh house of the horoscope, on Saturday, fill a vessel full of honey or a flute with sugar and bury it in a secluded place.
To avoid the ill effects of Saturn in the eighth house, always keep something made of silver with you. Snakes should be fed milk.
If there is an inauspicious effect of Saturn from the ninth house of the horoscope, then the roof of the house should be kept clean and nothing like junk, wood etc. should be kept on the roof, which gets spoiled after getting wet in the rain. Apart from this, turmeric should be applied on a square piece of silver and kept with you. Peepal tree should be watered daily.
If Saturn is in the tenth house, then offer banana and gram pulses in the temple. Light a mustard oil lamp in front of Shani Dev. Keep fast on Thursday and should not consume meat, alcohol etc.
To avoid the inauspicious results of Saturn in the eleventh house of the horoscope, make a silver brick and keep it in your house. On Saturday, chant Shani Mantra 108 times and keep a mustard oil lamp under the Peepal tree.
To prevent the ill effects of Saturn sitting in the twelfth house, give black pulses, black sesame seeds, black clothes etc. to a needy person as per your capacity on Saturday. Do not consume meat or alcohol even by mistake.
Chanting Shani Beej Mantra
Mantra chanting can be done any time in the morning or evening, but Saturday is the best day for mantra chanting. After taking bath, wear black or dark blue colored clothes. Select a quiet and clean place. Then repeat Shani Mantra 23000 times in your mind or by speaking. If the mantra is chanted in front of the idol of Hanumanji, Shani Dev is pleased by it. By chanting Shani Beej Mantra, the negative effects of Shani and the negative karma of previous births can be eliminated.
Chanting Shani Beej Mantra regularly helps in eliminating medical and money related problems. Chanting Shani Beej Mantra provides a feeling of security, success and prosperity. Chanting Shani Beej Mantra solves the problems and difficulties of Sade Sati phase. Anil Sudhanshu, Astrologer Neem Karauli Ashram Kainchi Dham Nainital (Uttaranchal)
