Navagraha Chalisa, Shri Navagraha Chalisa
Navagraha Chalisa, Shri Navagraha Chalisa
Navagraha Chalisa, Shri Navagraha Chalisa
Prathamahi Ravi Kahan Navaun Matha
|| dohā ||
śrī gaṇapati gurupada kamala,
prema sahita siranāya|
navagraha cālīsā kahata,
śārada hota sahāya||
jaya jaya ravi śaśi soma budha,
jaya guru bhṛgu śani rāja|
jayati rāhu aru ketu graha,
karahu anugraha āja||
|| caupāī ||
prathamahi ravi kaha~ nāvauṃ māthā|
karahuṃ kṛpā jani jāni anāthā||
he āditya divākara bhānū|
maiṃ mati manda mahā ajñānū||
aba nija jana kaha~ harahu kaleṣā|
dinakara dvādaśa rūpa dineśā||
namo bhāskara sūrya prabhākara|
arka mitra agha mogha kṣamākara||
śaśi mayaṃka rajanīpati svāmī|
candra kalānidhi namo namāmi||
rākāpati himāṃśu rākeśā|
praṇavata jana tana harahuṃ kaleśā||
soma indu vidhu śānti sudhākara|
śīta raśmi auṣadhi niśākara||
tumhīṃ śobhita sundara bhāla maheśā|
śaraṇa śaraṇa jana harahuṃ kaleśā||
jaya jaya jaya maṃgala sukhadātā|
lohita bhaumādika vikhyātā||
aṃgāraka kuja ruja ṛṇahārī|
karahu dayā yahī vinaya hamārī||
he mahisuta chitisuta sukharāśī|
lohitāṃga jaya jana aghanāśī||
agama amaṃgala aba hara lījai|
sakala manoratha pūraṇa kījai||
jaya śaśi nandana budha mahārājā|
karahu sakala jana kaha~ śubha kājā||
dījaibuddhi bala sumati sujānā|
kaṭhina kaṣṭa hari kari kalyāṇā||
he tārāsuta rohiṇī nandana|
candrasuvana dukha dvandva nikandana||
pūjahu āsa dāsa kahu svāmī|
praṇata pāla prabhu namo namāmī||
jayati jayati jaya śrī gurudevā|
karoṃ sadā tumharī prabhu sevā||
devācārya tuma deva guru jñānī|
indra purohita vidyādānī||
vācaspati bāgīśa udārā|
jīva bṛhaspati nāma tumhārā||
vidyā sindhu aṃgirā nāmā|
karahu sakala vidhi pūraṇa kāmā||
śukra deva pada tala jala jātā|
dāsa nirantana dhyāna lagātā||
he uśanā bhārgava bhṛgu nandana|
daitya purohita duṣṭa nikandana||
bhṛgukula bhūṣaṇa dūṣaṇa hārī|
harahu neṣṭa graha karahu sukhārī||
tuhi dvijabara jośī siratājā|
nara śarīra ke tumahīṃ rājā||
jaya śrī śanideva ravi nandana|
jaya kṛṣṇo saurī jagavandana||
piṃgala manda raudra yama nāmā|
vapra ādi koṇastha lalāmā||
vakra dṛṣṭi pippala tana sājā|
kṣaṇa maha~ karata raṃka kṣaṇa rājā||
lalata svarṇa pada karata nihālā|
harahu vipatti chāyā ke lālā||
jaya jaya rāhu gagana pravisaiyā|
tumahī candra āditya grasaiyā||
ravi śaśi ari svarbhānu dhārā|
śikhī ādi bahu nāma tumhārā||
saihiṃkeya tuma niśācara rājā|
ardhakāya jaga rākhahu lājā||
yadi graha samaya pāya kahiṃ āvahu|
sadā śānti aura sukha upajāvahu||
jaya śrī ketu kaṭhina dukhahārī|
karahu sujana hita maṃgalakārī||
dhvajayuta ruṇḍa rūpa vikarālā|
ghora raudratana aghamana kālā||
śikhī tārikā graha balavāna|
mahā pratāpa na teja ṭhikānā||
vāhana mīna mahā śubhakārī|
dījai śānti dayā ura dhārī||
tīratharāja prayāga supāsā|
basai rāma ke sundara dāsā||
kakarā grāmahiṃ pure-tivārī|
durvāsāśrama jana dukha hārī||
nava-graha śānti likhyo sukha hetu|
jana tana kaṣṭa utāraṇa setū||
jo nita pāṭha karai cita lāvai|
saba sukha bhogi parama pada pāvai||
|| dohā ||
dhanya navagraha deva prabhu,
mahimā agama apāra|
cita nava maṃgala moda gṛha,
jagata janana sukhadvāra||
yaha cālīsā navograha,
viracita sundaradāsa|
paḍha़ta prema suta baḍha़ta sukha,
sarvānanda hulāsa||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Navagraha Chalisa is a Hindi devotional hymn in the chalisa format honoring the nine planetary deities (Navagrahas): Surya, Chandra, Mangala, Budha, Guru, Shukra, Shani, Rahu, and Ketu. The text praises each graha in turn and seeks their collective blessings for health, prosperity, and protection from malefic influences. It belongs to the astrological devotional tradition within Hinduism and is composed in the vernacular Hindi convention of popular chalisa texts.
What are the benefits of chanting Navagraha Chalisa?
- Seeks to neutralize malefic planetary influences in the practitioner's horoscope
- Invokes good fortune, health, and longevity from the nine grahas
- Provides an accessible vernacular alternative to Sanskrit Navagraha stotrams
- Connects daily devotional practice to Vedic astrological observance
When is the best time to recite this?
The Navagraha Chalisa is recited in the morning and evening. Days associated with specific planets — Sunday for Surya, Monday for Chandra, Saturday for Shani — are particularly appropriate. It is also recited during astrologically significant periods such as planetary transitions and eclipses.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chalisas as a genre became prominent in India from the medieval period onward, composed in vernacular languages to bring devotional practice to a broad audience. The Navagraha Chalisa's authorship is not attributed to any individual, following the pattern of popular folk devotional compositions. While the Navagraha concept is rooted in ancient Vedic astrology and Puranic literature, chalisa-format texts dedicated to the nine planets represent a later development in the popularization of astrological worship. The text is recited across Hindi-speaking communities and at Navagraha temples throughout India.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Navagraha Suktam — the Sanskrit Vedic-style hymn for the nine planets that serves as the classical counterpart to this vernacular chalisa
- Nava Graha Kavacham — a Sanskrit kavacham invoking the nine planets for protection, used in Navagraha puja alongside this text