Benefits of Fasting
(Sunday – Saturday)
A human beings life is based on and affected by the planetary movements and position. The impact of the planetary positions at the time of an individual’s birth is largely seen during his lifetime. In your horoscope there are a few strong planetary positions and a few weak ones. Few of them are auspicious and few inauspicious. There are a few planetary positions, which are termed as sin bearing planets and would only bring harm to you. Ultimate need of all humans is peace and would want to get rid of all the ill-placed planetary positions in his horoscope and therefore they either pray or would turn to remedies for all such problems. The remedies are donating things specific to the planets, Chant mantras, or performing certain rites and rituals. Besides these there is one more remedy which is simple and without any complications.
For different planets there are different forms of fasting procedures and are associated to different days of the week. You can observe the fast doing the following procedures
Significance of Sunday
The fast on this day brings different kind of benefits, which are fortune; increment in age and all your wishes would come true. This is very important for people who want to get rid of skin diseases and eye problems. We need to observe this fast for a period of at least 12 Sundays or over a period of 1year or 12 years on Sundays.
Procedures – You should take bath early in the morning on this day and then sit on a neat cloth. You should chant the following mantras.
for 12 times on a 101 befor 12 times on a 101 bead garland. And then read and narrate the story of sun god. (Katha). And thereafter you should offer (gandh, Achat and durbha combined) with water to the sun god. Also include red flowers. While making the offering use the mantras below:
Thereafter do the pradakshina and then smear you forehead with read tilak. Then have food, which is prepared with wheat, ghee, and sugar and that should be your meal for the day. You should take care to have only one meal during the day. On completion of the auspicious fasting you should perform the sacred hawan fire, treat Brahmans with food, gift as per your capability red jewels and red pictures
Significance of Monday
This Fast is observed for wealth, son, mental peace and to get rid of all the problems. This brat should start from chait shukla asthami Monday or the first Monday of the srawan month and is considered to be auspicious.
Procedures – People who are observing this brat should take bath with water, which has sesame seeds in it. And then sit on a neat cloth (aashan) and then pray to lord Gauri shankar using the following ingredients: Ganges water Bilb Patra Supari Panchamrit White sandal White flowers Use then chant following mantras “Om namah shivaye” also called the panchaakchara mantra. And then treat the Brahmans with food and donate things as per your capacity. And should have only one meal thereafter. And this meal should not contain salt in it. So that you have this as a peaceful planet use the following mantras
On completion of this brat Jup ka dus – aansh, sacred fire (Yaga), and all white things like milk, ghee and silver should be donated.
Significance of Tuesday
This fast is supposed to bring in all good things of life. This is auspicious for mental peace, wishes for birth of a son and for the peace to your enemies.
Procedures – People who are observing this brat should take bath with water were neat and tidy clothses. And then pray to god Hanuman by offering and using the following: Jasmine oil Red sindoor Silver foil Coconut Dhoop Deep Yashopavti Copper utensil. And should recite the hanuman chalisaa or sundar kaand. Also offer jaggery (gud) or ladu for a peaceful mangal graha One should recite the following Mantras FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND.
Donate Red things. This brat can continue for life.
Significance of Wednesday
This Fast is done for benefits and expansion in business, gaining mental strength, and increase in wealth.
Procedures – People who are observing this brat should take bath with water were Green clothes and then pray to lakshmi narayan using the pancho pachar method. And use the Vishnu sahastranam story. And for a peaceful budh graha. One need to chant the following mantras mentioned below ATLEAST FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND. :
Especially when you are preparing your meal you should use the following ingredients like Moong, Ghee And other sweet items like ladu or burfi And also donate the items above. On completion of this brat Jup ka dus – aansh, sacred fire (Yaga), and feeding the Brahmans and donate the following articles like: green clothes, Green emerald, Moong, Money (Coins) Onyx
Significance of Thursday
This Fast is done for peace and prosperity, marriage related problems and peaceful Jupiter. One should start this brat on the first Thursday of shukla paksh.
Procedures – People who are observing this brat should take bath and then wear yellow clothes Or yellow yashopavti. And then sit on an aashan and pray to Laxmi – narayan. Offerings to be made are: Chane ka dal, Ghee ladu And then listen to or narrate Guruvar brat katha and pray to banana tree. Feed the cow with a mixture of atta, gur, haldi, and channa dal. Salt is strictly prohibited and one can have all foods without salt, which is yellow in color. One can be committed to this brat for life or for seven Thursdays or for thirteen Thursdays consecutively. For a peaceful graha one needs to chant the following mantras below for ATLEAST FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND.
The following items needs to donated to the Brahman couples besides feeding them: Grams, Gur, Ghee, Banana, Yellow clothes.
Significance of Friday
This Fast is responsible for good times ahead in life. If you commit yourself to this brat you would receive the blessings of goddess lakshmi.
Procedures – People who are observing this brat should take bath and then wear white clothes. And then sit on an aashan and pray to goddess Laxmi . Offerings to be made are: Dhoop,Deep, Rice, Supari, White sweets and White flowers Once you done with your prayers you should distribute the prasada among the children. For a peaceful graha one needs to chant the following mantras below for ATLEAST FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND.
The following items needs to donated to the Brahman couples besides feeding them: Milk Rice Ghee Jarkan Diamond
Significance of Saturday
This fast is done to get away with financial problems, profits and expansion of business, protecting yourselves from your enemies and destroys the arishtos. One should start this brat on the first Saturday of the shukla paksh. One who is committed to this brat should bath the idol of Saturn god in panchamrit and then start your prayers by offering the following: Dhoop, Deep, Naivedaya, Blue flowers For a peaceful graha one needs to chant the following mantras below for ATLEAST FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND.
And then fill a pot with water and mix the following: Kale Til, Doodh, Oil, Ganges water and Gud And then offer this water to the roots of a pipal tree facing west. And pray to lord shiva. The following items needs to donated to an old Brahman: Black clothes, Knife, Food items prepared in Mustard oil And one should eat food items prepared in mustard oil. Rahu One should do the Saturday brat for a peaceful rahu. And donate brown woolen clothes. And feed the ants with flour. And treat a black dog with bread and honey. For a peaceful graha one needs to chant the following mantras below for ATLEAST FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND.
Ketu One should do the mangal brat for peaceful ketu and donate black urad pulses, moong, wheat, grams and jow. then should pray by offering astha gandha. For a peaceful graha one needs to chant the following mantras below for ATLEAST FOR 11 TIMES ON A 101 BEAD GARLAND.
