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Sri Shani Homa

Basic Procedure (Laghu)

Items Required
Following are the items required to perform Shani homa:

 Copper Homa/Havan Kund (8 Inches or more)  Raisins / jaggery etc. for Naivedyam
 Wooden spoon (Sruvam)  Black Til (Sesame)
 Cow Ghee  Camphor & Camphor stand for Aarti
 Ghee Container  Dry coconut halves
 Copper glass, spoon & plate (Pancha patra  Wooden Sticks (Samidha)
set)  Dry Dates for Poornahuti
 Diya / Lamp  Mat
 Sandal wood Powder  Kalasha (Copper / Brass/ any) with
 Blue colored Flowers water
 Dhoop stick / Loban  Match Box

Homa Process
1. Initial Prayers & Permission (Anugna)

Think of the following & Seek permission for performing the homa:

 Ganapati  Kula devata

 Guru  Surya Deva
 Rishis  Bhu devi
 Ancestors  Go mata
 Parents  Ishta devata, etc.

2. Light a lamp

Light a Diya / lamp and bow to it in reverence

3. Achamana

Take spoonful of water from the Pancha Patra into your right hand and sip it by chanting below mantras.
After 3 sips, put little water on the hand and wash it.
 OM kEshavAya svAhA |
 OM nArAyaNAya svAhA |
 OM mAdhavAya svAhA

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Sri Shani Homa

Basic Procedure (Laghu)

4. Prayer to Ganesha

Say the following shloka of Ganapati:

shuklAMbaradharaM viShNuM shashivarNaM caturbhujaM| prasannavadanaM dhyAyEt sarva

vighnOpashAMtayE||

5. Pranayama

Place your thumb on the right nostril, inhale through the left nostril. Hold breath for a while. Close
the left nostril with ring finger. Exhale from the right Nostril. Do these steps in reverse order again.
While doing this, think of the following mantra: “OM gaM”

6. Sankalpa

Take a spoonful of water in right palm, pledge while saying the below and leave the water on ground.

OM mamOpAtta samasta duritakShayadvArA shrI paramEshvara prItyarthaM shrI SanaiShchara

prasAda siddhyarthaM adya shubhadinE shubhamuhUrtE shrI Shani hOmakarma yathAshakti
kariShyE| Or

“I shall now perform a homa to the best of my ability, for the pleasure of Lord ShanaiSchara”

7. Prokshana

Take water in Kalasa and place near Havan kund. Put your right palm on top of Kalasa and say the
following beeja for 11 times. “vaM”

Take a little water from Kalasa and sprinkle it on Self and all Pooja items including homa kund for
cleansing.

8. Agni Pratishtapana

Place few coconut pieces along with samidhas and camphor in the Homa kund. Take a camphor piece,
light it from the Diya / lamp, and put it in the Homa kund while saying the following

“OM bhUrbhuvassuvarOm”

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Basic Procedure (Laghu)

9. Offerings to Agni

Offer ghee into fire using Sruvam (wooden spoon) after svaha, for 8 times:

" OM bhUrbhuvassuvaH svAhA "

10. Preliminary Offerings

Offer ghee for each of the below 5 mantras:

 OM prajApatayE svAhA|
 OM indrAya svAhA|
 OM agnayE svAhA|
 OM sOmAya svAhA|
 OM bhUrbhuvassuvaH svAhA |

11. Invoke Ganapati into fire

Think of Ganapati and say the following while showing your hands towards fire:

 AvAhitO bhava
 sthApitO bhava

Or Say – “O Ganesha, please come into this fire”.

 Offer Raisins to Ganapati by saying

“OM gaM gaNapatayE namaH I Naivedyam Samarpayami”
 Offer ghee after svaha and say the following mantra for at least 11 times:
“OM gaM gaNapatayE namaH | svAhA |” / OM gaM sarvasiddhi pradAYai gaNapataYE namaH
 Offer a full fruit (Dates, Raisins, etc.) to Ganapati by saying “OM gaM gaNapatayE namaH”
pUrNAhutiM samarpayAmi I

12. Invoke Shani deva into fire

Think of Shani deva and say the following while showing your hands towards fire:

 AvAhitO bhava
 sthApitO bhava

Or Say – “O Shani deva, please come into this fire”.

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Basic Procedure (Laghu)

Dhyanam:

neelAnjana samAbhAsaM raviputraM yamAgrajaM

ChAyA mArtAnDa saMbhootaM taM namAmi SanaiScharaM

13. Panchopachara (5 offerings) to Shani

Offer the following 5 upacharas to Shani deva:

Offer Sandal powder OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH gandhaM samarpayAmi|

Offer flowers OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH puShpaM samarpayAmi|
Light incense stick and show OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH dhUpaM AghrApayAmi|
Show Diya / Light OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH dIpaM darshayAmi|
Offer Raisins, Jaggery, etc. OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH naivEdyaM samarpayAmi|

14. Main Homa – Shani Deva

Offer Ghee/black Sesame/Til seeds to Shani deva for atleast 108 times by saying the following mantra:

“OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH | svAhA”

15. Offering to Shani Parivara devatas (Associates)

Offer Ghee/ black Sesame seeds to Parivara devatas by saying the following mantra:

OM SanaiSchara parivAra dEvatAbhyOnamaH svAhA

16. Punah Pooja to Shani deva

Offer Raisins/Jaggery etc. OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH | Naivedyam samarpayami

Offer Aarati (light camphor) OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH | Neerajanam samarpayami

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Basic Procedure (Laghu)

17. Final Offerings

Offer ghee for each of the below 6 mantras:

 OM bhUH svAhA  OM bhUrbhuvassuvaH svAhA
 OM bhuvaH svAhA  OM shrI viShNavE svAhA svAhA
 OM suvaH svAhA  OM rudrAya svAhA

18. Poornahuti

Offer a full fruit (Dates, Raisins, etc.) after saying the following mantra:

OM pUrNamadaH pUrNamidaM pUrNAtpUrNamudacyatE| pUrNasya pUrNamAdAya

pUrNamEvAvaSiShyatE||

OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH svAhA pUrNAhutiM samarpayAmi |

19. Homage to Agni

Put 7 offerings of ghee after this mantra:

OM agnayE saptavatE svAhA |

20. Pranayama & Meditation

First do Pranayama and then meditate (mentally chant OM SaM SanaiScharAya namaH or any other
mantra as guided; or of your choice / just sit with no thoughts / observe your breath etc.). Do this for at
least 5 minutes closing your eyes.

21. Udvasana

Show both hands to the fire and imagine Maha Ganapati & Shani Deva to come back to your heart while
pointing hands to your heart.

22. Thanks giving & Udvasana to Agni

Express thanks to Agni for the whole ritual. Show both hands to the fire and imagine Lord Agni to come
back to your heart while pointing hands to your heart.

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Basic Procedure (Laghu)

23. Kshama Prarthana

Ask for forgiveness of any mistakes / shortcomings and say

shrI kRShNa kRShNa kRShNa (Think of Lord Krishna).

24. Samarpana

Say the following mantra to surrender the doer-ship to lord Sri krishna:

sarvaM shrI kRuShNArpaNamastu|

25. Shanti Mantra

OM shAntiH shAntiH shAntiH |

Note: Japa counts recommended here does not match with vimsottari dasa system

For Shani graha Upashanti, do a Japa count of 23,000; Tarpana for 2300 then do a homa with
230 ahutis to Shani deva.

For Shani graha devatha Upasana: do a Japa count of 23,000; Homa for 2300; Tarpana of 230.
Marjana 23 and Serve food for 3 people.

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