Author: Nitika Sachdeva

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The Moon and Venus

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 7, 2026  0 Comments on The Moon and Venus

Śukra as the Lord of Jala Tattva Venus is the significator of desire and rules love, affection, marriage, and romantic…

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Foundation of Jyotiṣa I: Guṇas

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 7, 2026  0 Comments on Foundation of Jyotiṣa I: Guṇas

  एकोऽव्यक्तात्मको विष्णुर्नादिः प्रभुरीश्वरः। शुद्धसत्व जगत्स्वामी निर्गुणास्त्रिगुणान्वितः॥ eko’vyaktātmako viṣṇurnādiḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ| śuddhasatvao jagatsvāmī nirguṇāstriguṇānvitaḥ||              …

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Sakti: Power Immanent

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 7, 2026  0 Comments on Sakti: Power Immanent

The late C. V. Seshadri, while discussing the concept of energy, wrote, “many concepts that are accepted as absolutely self-evident…are…

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Bhāva Kārakatva

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 6, 2026  0 Comments on Bhāva Kārakatva

Parāśara, in his monumental work, the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra has identified two categories of celestial bodies, moving (cara) and…

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The Kāla Cakra

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 6, 2026  0 Comments on The Kāla Cakra

Introduction The Sun, resplendent and glorious in his twelve forms, as the ruler of the day and the lord of…

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Puruṣottama-Mahātmyaṁ

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 6, 2026  0 Comments on Puruṣottama-Mahātmyaṁ

Skanda Purāṇam Viṣṇukhaṇḍa Translated by Sarbani Rath Chapter 1 Once, the sages gathered around maharṣi Jaimini and addressed him, “…

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Śrī Rāma Mantras

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 6, 2026  0 Comments on Śrī Rāma Mantras

In the Nārada purāṇa Sanat Kumār teaches, that among the mantras of Gaṇeśa, Śivā, Durgā, Sūrya, Viṣṇu, the Vaiṣṇava mantras…

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Dvādaśa Āditya Mantras

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 6, 2026  0 Comments on Dvādaśa Āditya Mantras

Lagna Āditya Lagna Mantra Lagna Mantra Meṣa Dhātā ॐ धात्रे नमः om dhātre namaḥ Vṛṣabha Aryamāṇ ॐ अर्यमणे नमः om…

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Kṛṣṇā Caturdaśī Doṣa

 Nitika Sachdeva  January 6, 2026  0 Comments on Kṛṣṇā Caturdaśī Doṣa

(As per Parāśara) Worship needs to be offered to a Shiva idol. He should have the sign of the Moon…