🪷 बुध · Budha (Mercury)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this graha IS Krishna
Krishna IS the buddhi (intelligence) of the intelligent (BG 7.10 buddhir buddhimatām asmi) and the AUM in Vedic mantras (BG 7.8). Mercury in any chart IS Krishna's discrimination-power.
Budha Source-Anchor Spine
This graha page links Mercury 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.
Budhalocal graha page for Mercury · बुध/jyotisha-referenceall 89 jyotiṣa reference pagesBG 10.10exact local Gītā source route for Mercury's Krishna-vibhūti declarationBG 7.10Jyotiṣa Krishna-aspect source: Krishna IS the buddhi (intelligence) of the intelligent (BG 7.10 buddhir buddhimatām asmi) and the AUM in Vedic mantras (BG 7.8). Mercury in any chart IS Krishna's discrimination-power.BG 7.8Jyotiṣa Krishna-aspect source: Krishna IS the buddhi (intelligence) of the intelligent (BG 7.10 buddhir buddhimatām asmi) and the AUM in Vedic mantras (BG 7.8). Mercury in any chart IS Krishna's discrimination-power./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 Mercury'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 · Pṛthivī (Earth) · Rajas · Neuter · North-direction · Vimśottarī 17 yrs
Today's transit (2026-07-17)
| Rāśi (sign) | Mithuna |
|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Ārdrā · pāda 1 |
| Sidereal longitude | 68.3687° |
| Motion | Direct (mārgī) |
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Alternate names
- Saumya · Rauhiṇeya
- Ruling rāśi(s)
- Gemini (Mithuna) · Virgo (Kanyā)
- Exalted
- Virgo (Kanyā) (15°)
- Debilitated
- Pisces (Mīna)
- Mūla-Trikoṇa
- Virgo (Kanyā) · 15°-20°
- Friends
- Sun · Venus
- Enemies
- Moon
- Neutrals
- Mars · Jupiter · Saturn
Significations (kāratva)
- Buddhi · intellect · viveka
- Speech · communication · vāk
- Education · learning · writing
- Trade · accounting · skills
- Maternal uncles · friends · networks
Mantra
oṁ braṁ brīṁ brauṁ saḥ budhāya namaḥ · oṁ namo budhāya
Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)
Viṣṇu-Sahasranāma · emerald (panna) · Wednesdays · green-flower offerings · serving teachers
Cross-references
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga · all of Krishna's named excellences
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7 manifest
- Compute your own birth-chart
- API: today's krishna-tattva (Ujjain reference)
📖 References
- 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.
- 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.
- Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता), BG 10.10. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · Krishna's explicit identification with Mercury/Budha: I bestow the buddhi-yoga by which they come to Me. · www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179572.
- 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 Mercury's sidereal longitude.
📚 See Also
- Virgo (Kanyā) · Mercury's exaltation rāśi · Where Mercury attains maximum strength
- Sun · a friend-graha of Mercury · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Venus · a friend-graha of Mercury · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- BG 10 Vibhūti-Yoga · grahas as Krishna's tejo-aṁśas · Krishna IS the grahas (BG 10.21-22)
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See Mercury's position + dignity + house for YOUR chart
- Why we can compute 1,626,102 BCE → 429,000 CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta engine moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Mercury's significations · dignities · aspects
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā BG 10.10 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect