Home›Hindu Deities›Navagraha, the Nine Planetary DeitiesGroupNavagraha, the Nine Planetary DeitiesThe Navagraha, the nine celestial bodies personified as deities in Hindu astrology and worshipped as a set to influence fate and fortune: the Sun Surya, the Moon Chandra, Mercury Budha, Venus Shukra, Mars Mangala, Jupiter Brihaspati, Saturn Shani, and the two lunar nodes Rahu and Ketu, shadow points on the lunar orbit treated as full planetary deities in their own right, along with the Navagraha considered together as a single collective object of worship, commonly installed and propitiated as a set in temple shrines and in birth-chart remedial rites.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonCanonical CountWell-attested9 1Browse ByAll Navagraha, the Nine Planetary DeitiesNavagraha, the Nine Planetary Deities10 entriesNavagraha, the Nine Planetary DeitiesFilter Results10 entriesPlanetary FaceAllJupiter (1)Mars (1)Mercury (1)Moon (1)North Node (1)Saturn (1)South Node (1)Sun (1)Venus (1)Member OfAllThe Adityas (1)Child OfAllAditi (1)Chandra (1)Surya (1)Tara (Wife of Brihaspati) (1)Vishnu (1)Interpretatio OfAllJupiter (1)Mars (1)Mercury (1)Saturn (1)HistoricityAllLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (1)Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being (9)TheologyAllDebated (8)Monotheistic: one God (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)ArchetypeAllThe Caregiver (1)The Hero (1)The Lover (1)The Magician (1)The Orphan (1)The Ruler (1)The Sage (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (10)Era Attested Start YearAll-1500 (2)-400 (7)Worshipped InAllHinduism (10)Domain / FunctionAllFate and time (3)Healing and medicine (1)Justice, law and oaths (1)Moon (1)Stars and planets (8)Sun (1)War and battle (1)Wisdom and counsel (3)GenderAllCollective / plural, not a single figure (1)Male (9)PantheonAllHindu (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10SuryaHindu Deities31 linksChandraHindu Deities15 linksBudhaHindu Deities10 linksShukraHindu Deities9 linksMangalaHindu Deities9 linksBrihaspatiHindu Deities15 linksShaniHindu Deities10 linksKetuHindu Deities8 linksRahuHindu Deities10 linksThe NavagrahaHindu Deities15 linksSources1. Wikipedia: Navagrahatier 2WikipediaNavagraha, nine members sentenceQuote, Navagraha, nine members sentenceThe nine members of the navagraha are the Sun, Moon, planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and the two nodes of the Moon Rahu, Ketu.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.