Ratna · Guru
Pukhraj
Yellow Sapphire, the stone of Guru
Pukhraj (Yellow Sapphire) is the stone of Guru, worn on the index finger in gold, on a Thursday. Whether it suits you depends on your lagna and on Guru’s strength in your chart.
Who should wear Pukhraj
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 Pukhraj (Yellow Sapphire) to Mesh and Meen lagnas, sometimes to Kark, Singh and Vrishchik, and tells Vrishabh, Mithun, Kanya, Tula, Makar and Kumbh lagnas to avoid it, because for them Guru rules hard houses.
| Lagna | Guru for it (BPHS 34) | Picked as the stone | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh lagna | Benefic | 44% of charts | often the pick |
| Vrishabh lagna | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 8th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) | — | avoid |
| Mithun lagna | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Chandra (34.25–26) | — | avoid |
| Kark lagna | Benefic | 16% of charts | sometimes |
| Singh lagna | Benefic | 16% of charts | sometimes |
| Kanya lagna | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.31–32) | — | avoid |
| Tula lagna | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd and 6th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.33–34) | — | avoid |
| Vrishchik lagna | Benefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.35–36) | 17% of charts | sometimes |
| Dhanu lagna | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.38) | — | rarely |
| Makar lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Kumbh lagna | Malefic · Maraka | — | avoid |
| Meen lagna | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Mangal (34.44) | 38% 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 Pukhraj
The traditional rules for Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj):
108 times, then put it on.
If Yellow Sapphire (Pukhraj) does not suit you, the uparatna for the same graha is Citrine (Sunela). Metal: Gold.
Their grahas are at odds with Jupiter.
A real chart that got Pukhraj
4 January 1985, 05:00, Mumbai: Scorpio (Vrishchik) lagna, Guru in Sagittarius (Dhanu) in the 2nd house. The engine’s reason: Jupiter is a functional benefic for Scorpio (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 Pukhraj is the stone
Counted over 8,349 real births, four a week, 1960 to 1999, in four North Indian cities
The engine named Pukhraj (Yellow Sapphire) the primary stone in 9.9% of all charts, and the second stone in 14.7%. Most charts get one stone first and one beside it; many get neither from this graha.
All nine ratnas
Common questions
Who can wear Pukhraj?
Most often Mesh and Meen lagnas, where Guru works for the chart; sometimes Kark, Singh and Vrishchik lagnas, and only after the whole kundli is read.
Who should not wear Pukhraj?
Vrishabh, Mithun, Kanya, Tula, Makar, Kumbh: for them, Guru rules hard houses, and its stone would strengthen that.
Which finger and day for Pukhraj?
Index finger, in Gold, on Thursday, morning during shukla paksha, after the mantra.
What is the upratna of Pukhraj?
Citrine (Sunela), a lighter substitute for the same graha.
Can Pukhraj be worn with other stones?
Not with Heera: their grahas are at odds with Guru.
Is Pukhraj 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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