🪷 शनि · Śani (Saturn)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this graha IS Krishna
Krishna IS Time the great destroyer (BG 11.32) and the imperishable Time (BG 10.33). Saturn in any chart IS Krishna-as-Kāla disciplining the native through karma-fruit. Saturn-strength = niṣkāma-karma + tapas capacity.
Graha · Vāyu (Air) · Tamas · Neuter · West-direction · Vimśottarī 19 yrs
Today's transit (2026-06-03)
| Rāśi (sign) | Mīna |
|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā · pāda 2 |
| Sidereal longitude | 339.2749° |
| Motion | Direct (mārgī) |
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Alternate names
- Manda · Krūralocana · Yamāgraja · Saurī
- Ruling rāśi(s)
- Capricorn (Makara) · Aquarius (Kumbha)
- Exalted
- Libra (Tulā) (20°)
- Debilitated
- Aries (Meṣa)
- Mūla-Trikoṇa
- Aquarius (Kumbha) · 0°-20°
- Friends
- Mercury · Venus
- Enemies
- Sun · Moon · Mars
- Neutrals
- Jupiter
- Special aspects
- 7th + houses 3 & 10 (Parāśara dṛṣṭi)
Significations (kāratva)
- Karma · longevity · obstacles
- Servants · workers · laborers
- Discipline · austerity · old age
- Bones · joints · teeth · sinews
- Iron · oil · darkness · isolation
Mantra
oṁ praṁ prīṁ prauṁ saḥ śanaiścarāya namaḥ · oṁ namo śanaye
Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)
Hanumān Cālīsā · Mahā-Mṛtyuñjaya · blue-sapphire (nīlam) · Saturdays · sesame-oil offerings · serving the poor + elderly
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 1.6M BCE → 429K CE range.
- Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता), BG 11.32. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · Krishna's explicit identification with Saturn/Śani: I am Time, the great destroyer of worlds, grown great. · 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 Saturn's sidereal longitude.
📚 See Also
- Libra (Tulā) · Saturn's exaltation rāśi · Where Saturn attains maximum strength
- Mercury · a friend-graha of Saturn · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Venus · a friend-graha of Saturn · 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 Saturn's position + dignity + house for YOUR chart
- Why we can compute 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta engine moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Saturn's significations · dignities · aspects
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā BG 11.32 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect