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Shani Gayatri Mantra (Saturn Gayatri)

Shani Gayatri Mantra (Saturn Gayatri) in English · English

🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 On Saturday (the day of Saturn); at dawn and the sandhya times·📜 The Gayatri mantra of Shani (Saturn), among the Navagraha Gayatris

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

The Shani Gayatri Mantra is the Vedic Gayatri-meter prayer to Shani (Saturn), the slow-moving planet among the Navagraha who is the great teacher of karma, justice and discipline. Addressed as the crow-bannered, sword-bearing Manda, Saturn is invoked to bless and illumine the intellect. It is chanted to pacify a difficult Saturn, ease Sade Sati and the Dhaiyya, and for patience, perseverance and protection.

Origin & Story

The Gayatri mantra of Shani (Saturn), among the Navagraha Gayatris · Traditional (Vedic)

Each of the nine planets (Navagraha) has its own Gayatri — a prayer in the sacred Gayatri meter invoking that graha to bestow its blessings and illumine the intellect. The Shani Gayatri invokes Saturn, the slowest-moving planet, called Manda, depicted with a crow on his banner and a sword in his hand. As the stern but just teacher who returns to each soul the fruits of its karma, Saturn is honoured through this mantra in the timeless pattern "Vidmahe… Dhimahi… Prachodayat," especially on Saturdays and during Sade Sati.

✦ As told in scripture

Shani is revered as the supreme dispenser of justice who blesses the honest and disciplined; devotees enduring Sade Sati or repeated obstacles are traditionally counselled to chant the Shani Gayatri on Saturdays, and many report that hardships soften into lessons and that patience and steady effort begin to bear fruit.

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The Mantra

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Om Kakadhwajaya Vidmahe Khadgahastaya Dhimahi. Tanno Mandah Prachodayat.

Meaning:Om. May we know the one whose banner bears the crow; may we meditate upon the sword-bearing one; may that Manda (Saturn) inspire and illumine our minds.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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Om🔊the primordial sound, the Supreme Brahman

Kakadhwajaya🔊to the one with a crow on his banner (the crow being Shani's emblem and vehicle)

Vidmahe🔊may we know / we seek to know

Khadgahastaya🔊to the one holding a sword in his hand

Dhimahi🔊we meditate upon

Tannah🔊therefore, for us / may that

Mandah🔊Manda, 'the slow-moving one' — the planet Saturn (Shani)

Prachodayat🔊may he inspire and illumine (our intellect)

Benefits of Chanting Shani Gayatri Mantra (Saturn Gayatri)

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The Gayatri mantra of Shani (Saturn) among the nine planets (Navagraha) — invoked to pacify and propitiate Saturn

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Chanted to ease the trials of Sade Sati (the seven-and-a-half-year period) and the Dhaiyya (two-and-a-half years)

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Develops patience, perseverance, discipline and humility — the very lessons Saturn the great teacher imparts

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Sought for protection from obstacles, delays, hardship and the just consequences of past karma

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As a Gayatri, it illumines the intellect along the timeless pattern Vidmahe-Dhimahi-Prachodayat

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Especially powerful on Saturday (Shanivar), Saturn's own day, and at the sandhya times

How to Chant Shani Gayatri Mantra (Saturn Gayatri)

Repetitions108times

Best TimeOn Saturday (the day of Saturn); at dawn and the sandhya times

After a bath, sit facing west (or east) with a calm mind and chant "Om Kakadhwajaya Vidmahe Khadgahastaya Dhimahi. Tanno Mandah Prachodayat" 108 times on a mala. Saturday is the special day of Saturn; lighting a sesame-oil lamp and offering black sesame and blue/black flowers are traditional. Like all Gayatri mantras it is ideally recited at the sandhya times. It may be chanted daily, alongside other Navagraha prayers, especially during Sade Sati and to cultivate patience.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Shani Gayatri Mantra (Saturn Gayatri) written in the English script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is the Gayatri mantra of the planet Saturn (Shani / Manda): "Om Kakadhwajaya Vidmahe Khadgahastaya Dhimahi. Tanno Mandah Prachodayat". Set in the sacred Gayatri meter, it invokes Saturn — the crow-bannered, sword-bearing teacher of karma — to bless and illumine the intellect, in the pattern "Vidmahe… Dhimahi… Prachodayat".

It is chanted to pacify a difficult or afflicted Saturn and to ease the trials of Sade Sati and the Dhaiyya. Saturn rewards discipline and honest effort, so the mantra is valued for cultivating patience and perseverance and for protection from delays, obstacles and hardship.

'Manda' means 'the slow one', because Saturn moves the slowest of the visible planets. The crow (kaka) is Shani's emblem and mount, so he is addressed as 'Kakadhwaja' (crow-bannered). His sword represents the impartial justice with which he metes out the fruits of our actions.

Chant it 108 times on a mala, ideally on Saturday — the day of Saturn — at dawn and the other sandhya times. Lighting a sesame-oil lamp and offering black sesame are traditional. It can be made part of a daily Navagraha or Gayatri sadhana, especially during Sade Sati.