Shanidev Maharaj

When to do Shani Pooja

• If Shani is in your ‘rashi’/ moon sign ( Vedic astrology)
• If you are afflicted by Sadhe Saati.
• If there is ‘adayya’ in your ‘rashi.’
• If you are suffering from the 'gaze' of Lord Shani.
• If you are working in anything such as connected to iron, travel, trucks, transport, oil, petroleum, medical, press and courts.
• If  your occupation is related to commerce and there is loss in business and worry thereof.
• One must remove the cap or head gear and then pray to Lord Shani.
• If there has been a birth or death recently in the family,then the family should not visit a Lord Shani Temple.
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Any four of the following items are needed for the puja of Lord Shani:

1) Rice, black ‘til’ and black string.
2) Flowers and leaves, especially black flowers.
3) Incense sticks.
4) Lamps.
5) Mustard/ Til oil.
6) Sweets offerings.
7) Summer fruits.
8)The leaves of ‘rui’ tree.
9) Camphor.
10) God Shani’s photo or ‘yanta’
11) Packets made from oil.
12) Black ‘urad’
13) Clove.
14) Elaichi.
15) Pan and supari.
16) Ganga water or holy water.
17) Coconut, horse-shoe of iron .

The procedure of performing pooja of Lord Shani is as follows :

1)	Aasanam Samarpayanami	:	Take the posture (aasana)
2)	Padya Samarpayanami	:	Offer water to the feet of God Shani.
3)	Ardhya Samarpayanami	:	Pour water.
4)	Aachamaniya Samarpayanami	:	Drink the water.
5)	Snanam Samarpayanami	:	Offer water for the bath of God.
6)	Vasram Samarpayanami	:	Offer black cloth.
7)	Gandham Samarpayanami	:	Offer the items of camphor, incense etc.
8)	Pushpamalam Samarpayanami	:	Offer the flower garland.
9)	Dhupam Samarpayanami	:	Light the incense sticks.
10)	Deepam Samarpayanami	:	Light the lamp.
11)	Akshatam Samarpayanami	:	Offer the rice.
12)	Naivedyam Samarpayanami	:	Offer the black ‘til’.
13)	Dakshinam Samarpayanami	:	Offer the ‘dakshina.
14)	Namaskaram Karomi	:	Do ‘namaskara’.