Ratna · Budh
Panna
Emerald, the stone of Budh
Panna (Emerald) is the stone of Budh, worn on the little finger in gold, on a Wednesday. Whether it suits you depends on your lagna and on Budh’s strength in your chart.
Who should wear Panna
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 Panna (Emerald) to Kanya and Dhanu lagnas, sometimes to Tula and Makar, and tells Mesh, Kark, Singh, Vrishchik and Meen lagnas to avoid it, because for them Budh rules hard houses.
| Lagna | Budh for it (BPHS 34) | Picked as the stone | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Vrishabh lagna | Mildly malefic— lord of the 2nd and 5th, which the verse calls 'somewhat inauspicious' (34.23) and does not name among the killers | — | rarely |
| Mithun lagna | Lagna lord— the lagna lord, which the verse leaves unjudged: 34.25 names only Shukra auspicious for Mithun | — | rarely |
| Kark lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Singh lagna | Malefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Chandra (34.29–30) | — | avoid |
| Kanya lagna | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) | 63% of charts | often the pick |
| Tula lagna | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) | 13% of charts | sometimes |
| Vrishchik lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Dhanu lagna | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Surya (34.38)— lord of the 7th, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Shukra (34.37–38) | 52% of charts | often the pick |
| Makar lagna | Benefic | 13% of charts | sometimes |
| Kumbh lagna | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) | — | rarely |
| Meen lagna | Malefic · Maraka | — | 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 Panna
The traditional rules for Emerald (Panna):
108 times, then put it on.
If Emerald (Panna) does not suit you, the uparatna for the same graha is Green Tourmaline (Hara Tourmaline). Metal: Gold.
Their grahas are at odds with Mercury.
A real chart that got Panna
14 January 1985, 23:00, Lucknow: Virgo (Kanya) lagna, Budh in Sagittarius (Dhanu) in the 4th house. The engine’s reason: Mercury is a functional benefic for Virgo (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 Panna is the stone
Counted over 8,349 real births, four a week, 1960 to 1999, in four North Indian cities
The engine named Panna (Emerald) the primary stone in 12.6% of all charts, and the second stone in 18.2%. 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 Panna?
Most often Kanya and Dhanu lagnas, where Budh works for the chart; sometimes Tula and Makar lagnas, and only after the whole kundli is read.
Who should not wear Panna?
Mesh, Kark, Singh, Vrishchik, Meen: for them, Budh rules hard houses, and its stone would strengthen that.
Which finger and day for Panna?
Little finger, in Gold, on Wednesday, morning during shukla paksha, after the mantra.
What is the upratna of Panna?
Green Tourmaline (Hara Tourmaline), a lighter substitute for the same graha.
Can Panna be worn with other stones?
Not with Moonga, Moti: their grahas are at odds with Budh.
Is Panna 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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