Planets / Grahas
What are Planets or Graha?
In our Hindu Astrology, there are nine Planets/Grahas. These are Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Rahu and Ketu are astronomical points where the Moons orbit intersects the apparent path of the Sun around the earth. Rahu and Ketu are also called chhaya graha. The nine Planets/Grahas are directly related to every area of individual’s lives.These are the nine planets and there characteristics :
- Sun/Surya
- Moon/Chandra
- Mars/Mangal
- Mercury/Buddha
- Jupiter/Brihaspati/Guru
- Venus/Shukra
- Saturn/Shani
- Rahu/Dragon Head
- Ketu/Dragon Tail
