Ratna · Shukra
Heera
Diamond, the stone of Shukra
Heera (Diamond) is the stone of Shukra, worn on the middle finger in platinum or white gold, on a Friday. Whether it suits you depends on your lagna and on Shukra’s strength in your chart.
Who should wear Heera
By lagna: what the graha is for it, and how often the gemstone engine picked this stone across 8,349 real births
The site’s gemstone engine most often gives Heera (Diamond) to Mithun, Kanya, Makar and Kumbh lagnas, and tells Mesh, Vrishabh, Kark, Singh, Vrishchik, Dhanu and Meen lagnas to avoid it, because for them Shukra rules hard houses.
| Lagna | Shukra for it (BPHS 34) | Picked as the stone | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh lagna | Malefic · Maraka | — | avoid |
| Vrishabh lagna | Malefic · Maraka— the lagna lord, but also lord of the 6th: a malefic and a killer (34.23–24) | — | avoid |
| Mithun lagna | Benefic | 96% of charts | often the pick |
| Kark lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Singh lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Kanya lagna | Benefic · Maraka · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.32) | 30% of charts | often the pick |
| Tula lagna | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.34) | — | rarely |
| Vrishchik lagna | Malefic · Maraka | — | avoid |
| Dhanu lagna | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 6th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.37–38) | — | avoid |
| Makar lagna | Yogakaraka | 81% of charts | often the pick |
| Kumbh lagna | Yogakaraka | 73% of charts | often the pick |
| Meen lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
Within a lagna the stone still depends on how strong each graha is in your own chart, so check yours before buying. Find my stone
How to wear Heera
The traditional rules for Diamond (Heera):
108 times, then put it on.
If Diamond (Heera) does not suit you, the uparatna for the same graha is White Sapphire (Safed Pukhraj). Metal: Silver or White Gold.
Their grahas are at odds with Venus.
A real chart that got Heera
6 January 1985, 17:00, Mumbai: Gemini (Mithun) lagna, Shukra in Aquarius (Kumbh) in the 9th house. The engine’s reason: Venus is a functional benefic for Gemini (it works for that lagna, through the houses it rules or, for Rahu and Ketu, the house it sits in, whatever its own nature) that is weak in this chart, so its stone strengthens it.
Before you buy
- Natural and untreatedBuy a natural stone with a lab certificate. Heated, dyed or glass-filled stones are not worn for jyotish.
- Neelam and Gomed on trialBlue Sapphire and Hessonite act quickly. Keep one with you for three days before setting it; if sleep, health or work turns, do not wear it.
- Touching the skinSet it so the stone touches the skin, in the metal named, and wear it on the day and time given, after its mantra.
- Ask before two stonesSome stones must not be worn together. When a second stone is named, an astrologer can confirm the pair for your chart.
How often Heera is the stone
Counted over 8,349 real births, four a week, 1960 to 1999, in four North Indian cities
The engine named Heera (Diamond) the primary stone in 22.4% of all charts, and the second stone in 9.3%. Most charts get one stone first and one beside it; many get neither from this graha.
All nine ratnas
Common questions
Who can wear Heera?
Most often Mithun, Kanya, Makar and Kumbh lagnas, where Shukra works for the chart, and only after the whole kundli is read.
Who should not wear Heera?
Mesh, Vrishabh, Kark, Singh, Vrishchik, Dhanu, Meen: for them, Shukra rules hard houses, and its stone would strengthen that.
Which finger and day for Heera?
Middle finger, in Platinum or White Gold, on Friday, morning during shukla paksha, after the mantra.
What is the upratna of Heera?
White Sapphire (Safed Pukhraj), a lighter substitute for the same graha.
Can Heera be worn with other stones?
Not with Manik, Moti, Pukhraj: their grahas are at odds with Shukra.
Is Heera your stone?
The gemstone calculator reads your kundli: the stone to wear, a second one, and the ones to avoid, with reasons.
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