Ratna · Surya
Manik
Ruby, the stone of Surya
Manik (Ruby) is the stone of Surya, worn on the ring finger in gold, on a Sunday. Whether it suits you depends on your lagna and on Surya’s strength in your chart.
Who should wear Manik
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 Manik (Ruby) to Vrishchik lagna, sometimes to Mesh, Singh and Dhanu, and tells Mithun, Kark, Tula, Kumbh and Meen lagnas to avoid it, because for them Surya rules hard houses.
| Lagna | Surya for it (BPHS 34) | Picked as the stone | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh lagna | Benefic | 9% of charts | sometimes |
| Vrishabh lagna | Benefic | 4% of charts | rarely |
| Mithun lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Kark lagna | Maraka | — | avoid |
| Singh lagna | Benefic | 5% of charts | sometimes |
| Kanya lagna | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) | — | rarely |
| Tula lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Vrishchik lagna | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Chandra, the 9th lord (34.35–36) | 34% of charts | often the pick |
| Dhanu lagna | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.38) | 11% of charts | sometimes |
| Makar lagna | Neutral | — | rarely |
| Kumbh lagna | Maraka | — | avoid |
| 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 Manik
The traditional rules for Ruby (Manik):
108 times, then put it on.
If Ruby (Manik) does not suit you, the uparatna for the same graha is Garnet (Tamda). Metal: Gold or Copper.
Their grahas are at odds with Sun.
A real chart that got Manik
11 January 1985, 05:00, Lucknow: Scorpio (Vrishchik) lagna, Surya in Sagittarius (Dhanu) in the 2nd house. The engine’s reason: Sun is its yogakaraka, ruling both a kendra and a trikona for Scorpio.
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 Manik is the stone
Counted over 8,349 real births, four a week, 1960 to 1999, in four North Indian cities
The engine named Manik (Ruby) the primary stone in 5.6% of all charts, and the second stone in 14.9%. Most charts get one stone first and one beside it; many get neither from this graha.
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Common questions
Who can wear Manik?
Most often Vrishchik lagna, where Surya works for the chart; sometimes Mesh, Singh and Dhanu lagnas, and only after the whole kundli is read.
Who should not wear Manik?
Mithun, Kark, Tula, Kumbh, Meen: for them, Surya rules hard houses, and its stone would strengthen that.
Which finger and day for Manik?
Ring finger, in Gold, on Sunday, morning during shukla paksha, after the mantra.
What is the upratna of Manik?
Garnet (Tamda), a lighter substitute for the same graha.
Can Manik be worn with other stones?
Not with Heera, Neelam, Gomed, Lehsunia: their grahas are at odds with Surya.
Is Manik 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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