Shatabhisha is the twenty-fourth nakshatra — a faint circle of stars in Kumbha, named 'the hundred physicians'. Its lord is Varuna, keeper of the cosmic waters and of ṛta, the law that holds the world in place. Its planetary ruler is Rahu. When you are born under this star, the sky writes a certain grain into your days: a mind that seeks the hidden cause, a temperament that guards its own privacy, long stretches of solitude followed by sudden clarity. The Shatabhisha Nakshatra Homa is the rite by which that grain is honoured rather than resisted.
In the older reckoning, each nakshatra has its own fire, its own oblation, its own name spoken into the flame. The Shatabhisha Nakshatra Homam gathers these — your name, your gotra, your birth star — and offers them to Varuna through ghee and sacred wood. Devotees turn to it in the year of a Rahu period, before a move to a distant country, when the mind feels scattered, or simply once a year on their star's return. Our priests perform it at the Yagna Ashram on your behalf and telecast it live to you, wherever the day finds you.
ॐ वरुणाय नमः Salutations to Varuna, lord of the cosmic waters and guardian of sacred law — may he loosen what binds and keep the seeker whole.
Why Devotees Book This
The tradition prescribes the Shatabhisha Nakshatra Homa for those seeking to stand rightly with their birth star. Here is what it is offered for.
Alignment with your birth star
The homa names Shatabhisha as your own and offers to its lord, so that the star's natural current runs with you rather than against you.
Varuna's protection
Varuna is invoked as the guardian of order and of the waters. Devotees seek his shelter over travel, over the household, and over ventures far from home.
Steadiness during Rahu periods
Shatabhisha is ruled by Rahu. The rite is traditionally offered when a Rahu dasha or bhukti opens, as a prayer for clarity of judgement through it.
Relief from what feels knotted
Varuna is petitioned in the Vedas to loosen the cord. The homa is offered when matters — legal, familial, inward — feel tied and slow to move.
Prosperity that holds
Oblations are made for sustained livelihood, for the fruit of one's own labour, and for wealth that does not leak away unnoticed.
Peace of mind and healing prayer
Named for the hundred physicians, this star's fire is a traditional place to pray for wellbeing — of yourself, of parents, of children born under it.
Brahmashree ShivaayaGuru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Shatabhisha 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.
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* 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
A nakshatra homa is strongest when the star itself is overhead. These are the occasions our priests recommend.
On Shatabhisha nakshatra day
The star returns roughly once every twenty-seven days. Performing the homa on that transit — ideally the one nearest your birthday — is the classical choice.
Your nakshatra birthday
The lunar month and nakshatra of your birth recurring together is the most personal muhurat of the year for this rite.
At the start of a Rahu dasha or bhukti
Since Rahu rules Shatabhisha, devotees book the homa as a new Rahu period begins, or before a major move or long journey.
Saturdays and the Kumbha month
Saturday, and the sun's passage through Kumbha, are considered congenial to Shatabhisha. Brahma muhurta or the morning hours are kept for the fire.
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 Varuna 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 Varuna 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 Shatabhisha 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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Varuna Avahana
The Varuna Sukta and Varuna 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
Varuna — the goddess of knowledge itself
Varuna 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 — Varuna 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.
Shatabhisha is the twenty-fourth nakshatra, spread across Kumbha rasi (Aquarius), pictured as a great circle of a hundred faint stars. Its name means 'the hundred healers' or 'the hundred physicians'. Its presiding deity is Varuna, lord of the cosmic waters and of sacred law, and its planetary ruler is Rahu. Those born under it are traditionally described as observant, self-contained, drawn to research, medicine, mysticism and the causes behind things.
It is not. No birth star is unlucky, and Shatabhisha is not an exception — it is the star of the hundred healers and of Varuna himself. What astrologers do note is that its qualities can feel demanding from inside: a taste for solitude that can tip into isolation, a questioning mind that can turn restless, and a Rahu rulership that brings sudden turns. The Shatabhisha Nakshatra Homa exists for exactly this — not to remove the star's nature, but to steady it and turn its strength outward.
It is a fire ritual dedicated to Varuna, the deity of Shatabhisha nakshatra, performed for a person born under that star. Your name, gotra and nakshatra are spoken into the fire with each oblation, so the offering is made in your name. Its significance lies in alignment: the tradition holds that when the lord of your birth star is honoured with fire, the influence that star carries over your life turns supportive, protective and steady.
Devotees offer the Shatabhisha Nakshatra Homam seeking alignment with their birth star, Varuna's protection over travel and household, clarity of judgement through Rahu periods, release from matters that feel knotted, steady livelihood and prosperity, and peace of mind. The tradition prescribes the rite for these ends; it is an act of worship and surrender, not a guarantee of any particular result.
Anyone whose Moon nakshatra at birth is Shatabhisha — in any of its four padas. Parents book it for children born under this star, and adults book it for themselves during a Rahu dasha or bhukti, before relocating abroad, on their nakshatra birthday, or as a yearly observance. You need only your name, gotra if you know it, and birth details. Our priests perform the rite on your behalf; you do not need to travel or fast.
The finest muhurat is the day Shatabhisha nakshatra is running, especially the one closest to your birth star anniversary. Saturdays, the solar month of Kumbha, and the opening of a Rahu period are also favoured. The fire is generally lit in the morning hours, after Brahma muhurta. Tell us your preference when you book and our panchanga desk will fix the nearest suitable date and share it with you.
The priests begin with achamana, Ganapati puja and sankalpa, in which your name, gotra, birth star and prayer are declared. Punyahavachanam and kalasha sthapana follow, with Varuna invoked into the water pot — fitting, as he is the lord of waters. Agni is kindled in the kunda and consecrated. Then come the oblations: the Varuna mantras and the Shatabhisha nakshatra mantras, offered with ghee, samidha of the nakshatra's tree, havis, black and white sesame, honey, akshata, and herbs. Purnahuti closes the fire, followed by deepa aradhana, prarthana and the distribution of prasadam. Samagri, kunda and all arrangements are handled at our Yagna Ashram — nothing is required from you.
Book online from any country on this page. Give us your name, gotra if known, birth star or birth details, and your sankalpa. We confirm the date, then telecast the homa live to you so you can sit with the fire wherever you are. Afterwards, prasadam from the ritual and an energised yantra are couriered to your address anywhere in the world, free of shipping cost.
