Chitra is the bright single star of the zodiac, ruled by Tvashta, the celestial artisan who shapes every form in creation. Those born under it carry his signature — an eye for design, a hand that builds, a life that turns on what they make. The Chitra Nakshatra Homa is the fire offered back to that shaping power. Priests kindle the agni on the day your birth star is running, chant the Tvashta and Chitra suktas, and place ghee and havis into the flame in your name and your gotra.
In the Vedic reckoning, a birth star is not fixed luck — it is a channel, and channels need clearing. When Chitra is transited by a difficult graha, or when a dasha turns heavy, tradition prescribes the nakshatra homa to steady that channel. The Chitra Nakshatra Homam is done for protection on the road and in the workplace, for the health of the body Tvashta fashioned, and for prosperity that holds its shape. You do not travel to it. The fire is lit at our Yagna Ashram, telecast to you live, and the prasadam and energised yantra reach your door.
ॐ त्वष्ट्रे नमः । त्वष्टा रूपाणि हि प्रजाः पशून् विश्वान् बिभर्ति । स नो रयिं सर्ववीरं नि यच्छतु ॥ Salutations to Tvashta, the divine shaper, who fashions and sustains all forms and all living beings — may he grant us wealth complete with strength and worthy progeny.
Why Devotees Book This
Devotees born under Chitra, and parents booking for a Chitra-born child, come to this fire for these reasons.
Alignment with your birth star
The offerings are made on the day Chitra is running, in your name and gotra, so the rite meets your star at its own hour.
Protection through hard transits
Prescribed when Mars, Saturn or Rahu press on Chitra, or when a heavy dasha begins, as a traditional shield for the period.
Steadiness in craft and career
Tvashta is the maker. Devotees in design, engineering, medicine, architecture and the arts offer here for clarity and skill in their work.
Prosperity that holds its form
The Vedic verses ask for rayi — wealth that endures with strength — rather than gain that arrives and scatters.
Well-being of body and form
Chitra governs the shaping of the body. The homa is offered in the tradition for vitality and for freedom from recurring troubles.
Peace within the family
Booked at birthdays, before marriage, and at the start of a new venture, so the household begins the cycle with the star propitiated.
Brahmashree ShivaayaGuru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Chitra Nakshatra Homa is trained in a traditional Padashala and personally recruited by Brahmashree Shivaaya — Guru and Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions at AstroBhava. Your ritual is conducted at our own Yagna Ashram — never a rented venue — with temple rites performed across our seven temples in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Step 2 Enhance with the 48-Day Anushthan? (optional)
* Copper yantra plate approx. 1–2 inches, rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet approx. 2–4 inches. Sizes are approximate and the amulet's design varies between supplier batches — shape, metal and consecration remain the same.
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You book — and send birth details at checkout.
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Within 24–48 working hours — your muhurta is confirmed by email.
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The day before — your telecast link arrives by email.
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After the homa — tracking email with your personal time to wear the yantra.
Sacred Timing
The homa carries its full weight when the star itself is present in the sky. Our panchanga team fixes the muhurat for you after you book.
Chitra nakshatra day
The ideal day — when the moon transits Chitra, once each lunar month. This is the classical time for the Chitra Nakshatra Homa.
Your janma nakshatra birthday
The Chitra day in your birth month, observed as the Vedic birthday, is traditionally the strongest occasion for a nakshatra homa.
Chitra Pournami
The full moon in Chitra, sacred to Chitragupta and to the light of the star, is kept by many families for this rite.
Before a dasha or transit change
When Mars, Saturn or Rahu is about to touch Chitra, or a new mahadasha begins, priests advise performing the homa in advance.
Every package, and the 48-day option
What you receive
The sealing of the yantra
When your homa concludes, the yantra that stood in the fire is rolled and locked inside its silver amulet according to Agama vidhi — the practice by which the energies raised in a ritual are held within a consecrated object rather than dispersing. It is why a homa performed at our ashram can still reach a devotee ten thousand miles away: what the fire raised travels to you, sealed.
Personal sankalpa
Your name, gotra & nakshatra — for you and up to five family members.
Live telecast
Watch your own homa in real time from the ashram. Streamed openly on our YouTube channel by default — or request a private, unlisted telecast at checkout.
Free energised Tvashta Yantra, sealed in a silver amulet
Consecrated over three days — Jala (holy-water consecration with mantras), Prana (life force through pranayama & chants) and Jeeva Pratishta (awakened with 108 recitations & offerings) — then present through your homa, receiving the energies raised in the fire. Immediately afterwards it is rolled and sealed inside a silver amulet by Agamic rite, locking those energies within, and shipped to you with your prasadam.
Prasadam, shipped free
Sacred vibhuti, sandalwood powder & kumkum from your fire — delivered to any country.
48-Day Anushthan (optional)
Daily temple worship for 48 days — the 27 Nakshatras + 12 Rashis + 9 Planets — then sealed in a silver amulet of approximately 2–4 inches.
A note on sacred tradition
As per strict Agama vidhi, no videography is permitted inside the temple sanctum — this preserves the pure sacred energies and undisturbed divine focus of the ritual. The main homa is respectfully telecast live from outside the sanctum; the daily rituals of the 48-day Anushthan are performed with full devotion but are not telecast.
Homas are telecast openly on our YouTube channel so that devotees everywhere may witness the rituals — and because we believe you should be able to see our work before you trust us with yours. Your sankalpa names you and your family, so if you would rather your ceremony were not public, choose the private telecast option at checkout and it is streamed as an unlisted link visible only to you.
We state this plainly — transparency about what tradition forbids filming, and about what is public, is part of performing these rituals honestly.
After it arrives
How to wear your energised Tvashta Yantra
The energised yantra is carefully rolled and sealed inside a sacred silver amulet before shipping. Wearing it is itself a small ritual — and even its timing is set for you personally.
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Your auspicious time to wear it
Our astrologer marks the auspicious date and time to wear the yantra according to your birth details — sent to you in the email carrying your shipment's tracking number.
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Purify the amulet
Dip the silver amulet in raw milk or Ganga jal for an hour before wearing, then clean with normal water.
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Face East or North
Perform the wearing process facing east or north for maximum benefit.
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Offer dheep & dhoop
Show lamp and incense to the amulet before wearing it.
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Wear it
Around your neck or waist, on a thread or chain.
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Keep the energy intact
Repeated offering of dheep and dhoop keeps the energisation alive.
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If you prefer not to wear it
Place the amulet at your puja altar, or keep it in your wallet.
Inside the fire ritual
How your Chitra Nakshatra Homa is performed
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Sankalpa
The priest states your name, gotra and nakshatra — and those of up to five family members — with the intention this homa is performed for.
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Ganapati Puja
The customary invocation to Ganapati, clearing obstacles before the goddess is approached.
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Agni Pratishtha
The fire is consecrated in the homa kunda and Agni invoked as the carrier of every offering that follows.
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Tvashta Avahana
The Tvashta Sukta and Tvashta Gayatri are chanted, inviting the goddess's presence into the fire — by one, three or five priests as your package sets.
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Ahuti
Ghee, white flowers, akshata and honey are offered in sequence with mantra — the offerings traditional to her worship.
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Purnahuti
The final complete offering seals the sankalpa stated at the opening.
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Aarti & Dispatch
Aarti is performed live on your telecast. Vibhuti, sandalwood powder, kumkum and your energised yantra are then packed and shipped free to your door.
Who is invoked
Tvashta — the goddess of knowledge itself
Tvashta is one of the Tridevi and the mother of the Vedas — the presiding deity of knowledge, learning, memory, speech, music and every art. She is depicted in white upon a white lotus, holding the veena, a book, a rosary and a water pot, with the swan of discernment beside her.
In this homa, her grace — Tvashta Kataksham — is invoked through fire with your own name and birth details spoken in the sankalpa.
Sarathi, our free AI ritual guide, recommends the traditional ritual for your situation instantly. For a full reading of your chart, book a live session with our astrologers — the fee is fully credited when you book any ritual.
No. Chitra is not a harmful or inauspicious star, and no birth star harms a parent. Some traditional almanacs mark certain padas of certain nakshatras as calling for a shanti observance in the first months after birth — a custom of care, not a verdict. Chitra is the bright star of Tvashta, the divine craftsman, and is counted among the fortunate stars for skill and beauty. If a family astrologer has suggested a shanti, the Chitra Nakshatra Homa is the rite usually prescribed, and it is performed for the peace of the whole household.
It is a Vedic fire ritual offered to Tvashta, the presiding deity of Chitra nakshatra. Priests invoke Agni, chant the Tvashta and Chitra mantras, and make ghee and havis offerings in the devotee's name, gotra and birth star. Its significance lies in birth-star alignment: the tradition holds that honouring the deity of your janma nakshatra steadies the channel through which your karma unfolds, and it is prescribed for protection and prosperity, especially during difficult transits over Chitra.
Traditionally the Chitra Nakshatra Homam is performed for protection during adverse transits and dashas, for clarity and skill in one's craft or profession, for well-being of body and form, for prosperity that endures, and for harmony at home. These are the purposes the shastras assign to the rite. The homa is an act of devotion and discipline, not a guarantee of any specific result.
Anyone born under Chitra nakshatra, in any of its four padas. Parents commonly book it for a Chitra-born child, particularly around the first birthday. It is also taken up by those whose astrologer has flagged a hard transit or dasha touching Chitra, and by devotees who keep their birth-star homa each year. The ritual acts are carried out by our qualified priests on your behalf — you do not need to be present or to know the chants.
On a Chitra nakshatra day, which comes once each lunar month, ideally in the morning hours. The Chitra day falling in your birth month, your Vedic birthday, is the most valued occasion. Chitra Pournami is also widely observed for this homa. If a difficult transit or a new dasha is approaching, priests advise scheduling it beforehand. Our panchanga team confirms the exact muhurat with you after you book.
The priests begin with sankalpa in your name, gotra and nakshatra, followed by Ganapati puja and punyahavachana. The kunda is consecrated and Agni invoked. Tvashta is installed and worshipped, and the Chitra and Tvashta suktas are chanted while ghee, samidha of the nakshatra tree, navadhanya, honey, payasam and herbal havis are offered into the fire. The rite closes with purnahuti, aarti and prayers for your family. All samagri is arranged at our Yagna Ashram — you bring nothing.
Book online from any country on this page. Send us your name, gotra, birth star and the intention behind the homa. We fix an auspicious Chitra day, perform the homa at our Yagna Ashram on your behalf, and telecast it live so you can watch and take sankalpa wherever you are. Prasadam and an energised yantra are couriered to you free, worldwide.
