🪷 मङ्गल · Maṅgala (Mars)

senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ
"Among generals I am Skanda (Kārttikeya)."
Bhagavad Gītā BG 10.24

🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this graha IS Krishna

Krishna IS the courage of the courageous · the warrior-spark (Skanda · BG 10.24). Mars in any chart IS Krishna's parākrama-tejas. Mars-strength = vīrya, decisive-action capacity.

Maṅgala Source-Anchor Spine

This graha page links Mars to its exact Bhagavad-Gītā source route, the 89-page Jyotiṣa hub, BG 10 vibhūti-yoga, Viśvarūpa chart/time surfaces, and the reader-local calculator doorway.

Maṅgalalocal graha page for Mars · मङ्गल/jyotisha-referenceall 89 jyotiṣa reference pagesBG 10.24exact local Gītā source route for Mars's Krishna-vibhūti declaration/vibhuti-yogaBG 10 vibhūti-yoga source chapter behind graha-as-Krishna recognition/vishvarupa-chartgrahas as limbs and forces inside Krishna's chart-body/visvarupa-kalagraha motion as qualitative time under KrishnaBG 10.30Time among reckoners · the jyotiṣa substrate anchor/calculatorsee Mars's position in the reader's own chart/computational-moatSūrya-Siddhānta computation proof surface/bindugraha as a Bindu kāla-aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

Graha · Tejas (Fire) · Tamas · Male · South-direction · Vimśottarī 7 yrs

Today's transit (2026-07-17)

Rāśi (sign)Vṛṣabha
NakshatraKṛttikā · pāda 4
Sidereal longitude37.9620°
MotionDirect (mārgī)

Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)

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Classical attributes (per BPHS)

Alternate names
Kuja · Aṅgāraka · Bhauma · Lohitāṅga
Ruling rāśi(s)
Aries (Meṣa) · Scorpio (Vṛścika)
Exalted
Capricorn (Makara) (28°)
Debilitated
Cancer (Karka)
Mūla-Trikoṇa
Aries (Meṣa) · 0°-12°
Friends
Sun · Moon · Jupiter
Enemies
Mercury
Neutrals
Venus · Saturn
Special aspects
7th + houses 4 & 8 (Parāśara dṛṣṭi)

Significations (kāratva)

Mantra

oṁ kraṁ krīṁ krauṁ saḥ bhaumāya namaḥ · oṁ aṅgārakāya namaḥ

Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)

Hanumān Cālīsā · red-coral (mūṅgā) · Tuesdays · serving Hanumān-jī · Mahā-Mṛtyuñjaya for Maṅgala-doṣa

Cross-references

📖 References

  1. Parāśara Muni. Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (बृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र). The canonical Vedic-jyotiṣa treatise · BPHS 97 adhyāyas · the supreme manual · Source for Vimśottarī Mahādaśā · Pañca-Mahā-Puruṣa Yogas · Aṣṭakavarga · Doṣa-detection.
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta (सूर्य-सिद्धान्त). Classical Indian astronomy treatise · first-principles closed-form analytical engine · earliest extant Sanskrit text ~4th-5th century CE · Foundation of all pañchāṅga computation on Vidhyamitra · operationalised for the 1,626,102 BCE → 429,000 CE range.
  3. Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता), BG 10.24. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · Krishna's explicit identification with Mars/Maṅgala: Among generals I am Skanda (Kārttikeya). · www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179572.
  4. Bhāskara II (1114–1185 CE). Siddhānta-Śiromaṇi (सिद्धान्त-शिरोमणि). Classical Indian astronomical treatise · 4-step iterative manda-method · Source for the orbital-position computation underlying Mars's sidereal longitude.

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Mars's significations · dignities · aspects
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
  3. Bhagavad-Gītā BG 10.24 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect
Categories: Vedic Astronomy · Grahas (Planets) · Jyotiṣa Reference · Tejas (Fire) Element · Tamas Guṇa · BPHS Classical Reference