Ratna · Mangal
Moonga
Red Coral, the stone of Mangal
Moonga (Red Coral) is the stone of Mangal, worn on the ring finger in gold or copper, on a Tuesday. Whether it suits you depends on your lagna and on Mangal’s strength in your chart.
Who should wear Moonga
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 Moonga (Red Coral) to Mesh, Kark, Singh and Meen lagnas, sometimes to Dhanu, and tells Vrishabh, Mithun, Kanya, Tula, Makar and Kumbh lagnas to avoid it, because for them Mangal rules hard houses.
| Lagna | Mangal for it (BPHS 34) | Picked as the stone | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh lagna | Benefic | 37% of charts | often the pick |
| Vrishabh lagna | Maraka | — | avoid |
| Mithun lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Kark lagna | Yogakaraka | 67% of charts | often the pick |
| Singh lagna | Yogakaraka | 71% of charts | often the pick |
| Kanya lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Tula lagna | Malefic · Maraka | — | avoid |
| Vrishchik lagna | Neutral | — | rarely |
| Dhanu lagna | Benefic | 28% of charts | sometimes |
| Makar lagna | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 4th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.39–40) | — | avoid |
| Kumbh lagna | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd and 10th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.41–42) | — | avoid |
| Meen lagna | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Guru (34.44)— also named a killer, though not one who kills on his own (34.44) | 31% of charts | often the pick |
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 Moonga
The traditional rules for Red Coral (Moonga):
108 times, then put it on.
If Red Coral (Moonga) does not suit you, the uparatna for the same graha is Carnelian (Akik). Metal: Copper.
Their grahas are at odds with Mars.
A real chart that got Moonga
19 January 1985, 11:00, Jaipur: Pisces (Meen) lagna, Mangal in Aquarius (Kumbh) in the 12th house. The engine’s reason: Mars is a functional benefic for Pisces (it works for that lagna, through the houses it rules or, for Rahu and Ketu, the house it sits in, whatever its own nature), and its Mahadasha is the one this chart was running.
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 Moonga is the stone
Counted over 8,349 real births, four a week, 1960 to 1999, in four North Indian cities
The engine named Moonga (Red Coral) the primary stone in 19.9% of all charts, and the second stone in 8.8%. 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 Moonga?
Most often Mesh, Kark, Singh and Meen lagnas, where Mangal works for the chart; sometimes Dhanu lagna, and only after the whole kundli is read.
Who should not wear Moonga?
Vrishabh, Mithun, Kanya, Tula, Makar, Kumbh: for them, Mangal rules hard houses, and its stone would strengthen that.
Which finger and day for Moonga?
Ring finger, in Gold or Copper, on Tuesday, morning during shukla paksha, after the mantra.
What is the upratna of Moonga?
Carnelian (Akik), a lighter substitute for the same graha.
Can Moonga be worn with other stones?
Not with Panna, Neelam, Gomed, Lehsunia: their grahas are at odds with Mangal.
Is Moonga 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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