What is Mangal Dosha
Mangal Dosha, also called Manglik Dosha, is the name for Mars standing in certain houses of the birth chart. It is checked mainly before marriage, because Mars is the planet of heat, drive and argument, and these houses relate to the self, home, partnership and shared life.
How it is worked out
Count the house Mars occupies from the Lagna. Mars in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house is the usual rule. Some astrologers also include the 2nd house, and some repeat the count from the Moon and from Venus. The checker uses the five-house rule and shows the others as extra information.
Common cancellations
- Mars is in its own sign (Aries or Scorpio) or exalted (Capricorn).मंगल अपनी राशि (मेष या वृश्चिक) में है या उच्च (मकर) का है।
- Jupiter is with Mars, or looks at it from the 5th, 7th or 9th sign.गुरु मंगल के साथ है, या 5वीं, 7वीं या 9वीं राशि से उसे देखता है।
- The Moon is in the same sign as Mars.चंद्रमा मंगल की ही राशि में है।
- The partner also has Mangal Dosha. Many families treat two such charts as balancing each other. This needs both charts, so use Kundali Milan.साथी को भी मंगल दोष है। अनेक परिवार दो ऐसी कुंडलियों को परस्पर संतुलित मानते हैं। इसके लिए दोनों कुंडलियाँ चाहिए, इसलिए कुण्डली मिलान प्रयोग करें।
- Some traditions say the effect softens after about age 28.कुछ परंपराओं में लगभग 28 वर्ष की आयु के बाद प्रभाव मृदु माना जाता है।
Traditional remedies
Traditional remedies are acts of devotion, discipline and kindness: prayer, simple fasting, charity and mantra. They cost little or nothing, and they can be kept up quietly at home.
- Worshipउपासना. Visit a Hanuman temple on Tuesdays and recite the Hanuman Chalisa.मंगलवार को हनुमान मंदिर जाएँ और हनुमान चालीसा का पाठ करें।
- Mantraमंत्र. Chant the Mars mantra “ॐ क्रां क्रीं क्रौं सः भौमाय नमः” on Tuesdays. 108 repetitions is the traditional count.मंगलवार को मंगल मंत्र “ॐ क्रां क्रीं क्रौं सः भौमाय नमः” जपें। 108 बार पारंपरिक संख्या है।
- Fastingव्रत. A simple fast on Tuesdays, as your family practises it.अपने परिवार की रीति के अनुसार मंगलवार का सरल व्रत।
- Charityदान. On Tuesdays, give red lentils (masoor), jaggery or red cloth to someone in need.मंगलवार को किसी ज़रूरतमंद को मसूर की दाल, गुड़ या लाल वस्त्र दें।
- Rituals and pilgrimageअनुष्ठान और तीर्थ. A Mangal Shanti puja with a priest. In some regions a symbolic Kumbh Vivah (a marriage to a pot or a peepal tree) is done before the real wedding. The Mangalnath temple in Ujjain is a well-known place for Mars pujas.पुरोहित के साथ मंगल शांति पूजा। कुछ क्षेत्रों में वास्तविक विवाह से पहले प्रतीकात्मक कुंभ विवाह (घड़े या पीपल से विवाह) किया जाता है। उज्जैन का मंगलनाथ मंदिर मंगल पूजा के लिए प्रसिद्ध स्थान है।
- Everyday practiceदैनिक आचरण. Mars is linked with haste and anger, so patient speech, regular exercise and settling disagreements calmly are in the spirit of the remedy.मंगल का संबंध जल्दबाज़ी और क्रोध से माना जाता है, इसलिए संयमित वाणी, नियमित व्यायाम और मतभेद शांति से सुलझाना उपाय की भावना के अनुरूप है।
Questions
Is Mangal Dosha common?
By the 1-4-7-8-12 rule Mars falls in five of the twelve houses, so roughly 4 in 10 charts show it before any cancellation is considered. In a test on thousands of ordinary charts, about half of the charts that showed it also met at least one of the computed reductions (own or exalted sign, Jupiter, or the Moon), before counting the partner and age. That is why astrologers weigh the cancellations and the whole chart.
Must two Manglik people marry each other?
It is a custom, not a rule. Many families prefer it because the two charts are said to balance each other, but the choice belongs to you and your family.
Check your own chart
The dosha checker works out this pattern from your date, time and place of birth and shows exactly which planets and houses decided the answer. Everything is calculated in your browser.
Before you act on this
Doshas are traditional patterns, not diagnoses. Astrologers differ on the rules and on how much weight to give them, and no single pattern can predict an outcome. Be careful of anyone who describes a dosha as dangerous and then sells an expensive gemstone, yantra or large puja. A trusted family priest rarely needs you to spend heavily, and gemstones cannot be proven to work.
Never delay a medical, legal or safety decision because of a dosha, and do not let one pattern decide a marriage.