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Ishta Devta based on Horoscope
Ishta Devta literally means ‘Deity to be
worshiped’. Ishta Devta is responsible for opening
the passage of renunciation for the native. Soul is
immortal, and it travels this mortal world many
times, in dierent physical bodies, to get rid of
karmic cycles and attain oksha.
Ishta Devta helps us attaining oksha and coming
out of endless cycle of life and death. !orship of
Ishta Devta not only ensures that whole life of a
person is well guided, protected and taken care of,
but also makes it certain that one is moving
towards the path of "nal liberation. It is possible to
know one’s Ishta Devta by studying the native’s
birth chart.
#here are dierent deities assigned to dierent
planets or planetary combinations.
Method of knowing one’s Ishta Devta
Step 1$ In the birth chart %D&'(, look out for the
)tmakaraka %)*(. )s mentioned before,
)tmakaraka is the planet that attains ma+imum
degrees in the birth chart.
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Step 2$ See which rashi %sign( is occupied by the
)tmakaraka planet in avamsa %D&-(. #he sign, in
navamsa, which is occupied by )tmakaraka planet
is called as *arakamsha.
Step 3: ote which plants occupy '/th house or
sign from *arakamsha. Ishta Devta is to be
ascertained by this planet these planets. In case,
'/th house or sign from *arakamsha is empty
%means no planet occupies it(, we have to see forits lordship to know the Ishta Devta. I am placing
below a list of deities that correspond to various
planets and can be used in deducing the form of
Devta to be worshipped %in relevance to Ishta
Devta, Dharma Devta, *ul Devta, 0aalan Devta(
Planet Deity
Sun Shiva, 1ama
oon *rishna, 2auri, 3alita, Saraswati
ars 4anuman, 1udra, *artikeya %Subrahmanya(, aras
ercury 5ishnu, arayana, 6uddha
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7upiter 4ayagreeva, 5ishnu, Indra, Dattatreya, )ny guru
5enus 3akshmi, 0arvati
Saturn 5ishnu, 6rahma
1ahu Durga, arasimha
*etu 2anesha
It is said that among all the dierent deities, it is
5ishnu, who is capable of bestowing moksha as he
carries the sudarshana chakra and uses it
speci"cally for that purpose.
#he worship of an appropriate 5ishnu )vatara as
one’s Ishta Devata is generally recommended for
attaining oksha and reducing obstacles in life in
general. #he list of those various incarnations of
3ord 5ishnu and planets associated with them is
given in the 6rihat 0arashara 4ora Shastra
%8hapter /, verses 9&:(, and is placed below for
your convenience of understanding;
Planet Sri Vishnu vatar
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Sun Sri 1ama
oon Sri *rishna
ars Sri arasimha
ercury Sri 6uddha
7upiter Sri 5amana
5enus Sri 0arashurama
Saturn Sri *oorma
1ahu Sri 5araha
*etu Sri atsya
<ne should worship one’s Ishta Devta to attain
"nal salvation. !orship of Ishta Devta is to be
done daily, with appropriate mantras and allied
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rituals. #he important thing is to be sel=ess while
worshiping to the Ishta Devta. <ne should not ask
for anything while worshiping, rather one should
oer oneself completely in Ishta Devta’s holy feet. 7aimini aharishi has also mentioned about
planetary e>uivalents of various deities in his
?padesha Sutras %'./.:/@:-(. )s per 7aimini
Sutram, following is the association between
planets and corresponding deities;
Sun %Surya( @ 3ord Shiva
oon %8handra( @ 2ouri
5enus %Shukra( @ 3akshmi
ars %angal( @ Skanda %*artikeya(
ercury %6uddha( @ 3ord 5ishnu
Saturn %Shani( @ 3ord 5ishnu
7upiter %2uru( @ Samba Shiva
1ahu @ #amasi or Durga
*etu @ 3ord 2anesha
3ets take e+amples and try to understand how to
know one’s Ishta Devta.
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!"a#ple1:
In this e+ample, I have placed D&' and D&- side by
side for easy reference. I am placing degrees of
planets %as per D&'( below;
!e can see that 5enus %Shukra( is the )tmakaraka
%)*( planet here, attaining highest degrees %/- 8p
ABC A/.A9(. If we see D&-, 5enus is in 5irgo, so
5irgo is the *arakamsha sign. '/th house from5irgo is 3eo and it is empty i.e. no planet resides in
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it. e+t we would take lordship of 3eo, so Ishta
Devta for this person is deity form of Sun. It can be
3ord Shiva or 3ord 1ama. <ne can worship
whoever one gets naturally inclined towards.
!"a#ple 2:
I have placed D&' and D&- charts side&by&side for
easy reference. I am placing degrees of planets %asper D&'( below;
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)s we can see here, ars comes out to be the
)tmakaraka %)*( planet with highest degrees in D&
'.
In D&-, ars is in )>uarius and '/th house from it
is 8apricorn, in which 7upiter resides. 4ence deity
corresponding to 7upiter would be this person’s
Ishta Devta.
4ence the person’s Ishta Devta can be either of
4ayagreeva, 5ishnu, Indra, Dattatreya, Samba
Shiva or 5amana )vatar of 5ishnu.
#o attain oksha, it is essential to worship Ishta
Devta by chanting the corresponding '/ lettered
%dwadakshari( antra. )bout the mantras, I will
write in ne+t post.