Yamaraja holds the ledger of time. In the Vedic imagination he is not a figure of dread but the keeper of dharma and of the span allotted to each life. The Yamaraja Homa approaches him directly: an offering made into fire, asking that the years given be lived in strength, that illness lift, that the body be equal to the work still left in it. It is a Health rite in the plainest sense — the ancestors turned to it when a fever would not break, when age pressed hard, when a household kept a long vigil beside someone dear.
Fire is chosen because fire carries. Ghee, sesame, darbha and herbs offered into a kindled altar with Yama's mantras become the language of the prayer. The tradition that gave us the story of Markandeya — the boy who sang before the fire and was spared — places the yamaraja homam in that same lineage of appeal, and devotees who read of markandeya homa benefits often arrive here next. Your homa is performed by priests at our Yagna Ashram, in your name and gotra, and telecast to you live wherever you are.
ॐ सूर्यपुत्राय विद्महे महाकालाय धीमहि । तन्नो यमः प्रचोदयात् ॥ We contemplate the son of the Sun, we meditate upon the great lord of time — may Yama guide and quicken our understanding.
Why Devotees Book This
The homa benefits sought here are the ones a family names quietly at the start of a difficult year. Among the reasons devotees ask for the yamaraja homam:
Support during recovery
Offered while a family member is convalescing, so the period of healing is held in prayer and dharma.
Relief from chronic ailments
Traditionally invoked when a complaint has become long-standing and the household wants spiritual support alongside its treatment.
Vitality and stamina
Sought for those who feel their strength thinning — after illness, after strain, after years of carrying more than their share.
Longevity in the family
The classical ayush prayer: that elders and children alike be granted a full and steady span of years.
Freedom from persistent fear
Yamaraja is the lord of dharma. Devotees turn to him when anxiety about health or mortality has settled into the mind.
Dharmic protection of the household
Offered so that the home's conduct, its debts to ancestors and its duties stay in good order.
Brahmashree ShivaayaGuru, Head of Astrological & Spiritual Solutions
Who performs your homa
Under the guidance of Brahmashree Shivaaya
Every priest who performs your Yamaraja 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 Yamaraja Homa is set on days the tradition associates with dharma, ancestors and the turning of time. Our priests fix the muhurat against your birth details.
Yama Dwitiya and Naraka Chaturdashi
The Deepavali-season days classically dedicated to Yama, widely chosen for this homa.
Tuesdays and Saturdays
Days aligned with Mangala and Shani, favoured for rites of strength, endurance and long-standing relief.
Bharani nakshatra
Bharani is governed by Yama, and its transit is the most direct window for invoking him.
Amavasya and Krishna Paksha Trayodashi
Chosen when the prayer is joined to the ancestral line and the wellbeing of elders.
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 Yamaraja 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 Yamaraja 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 Yamaraja 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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Yamaraja Avahana
The Yamaraja Sukta and Yamaraja 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
Yamaraja — the goddess of knowledge itself
Yamaraja 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 — Yamaraja 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.
Thila homam — the sesame offering made for ancestors and for relief from affliction — is traditionally performed at a consecrated fire by a priest who has the authority to kindle and conclude it. It can be done at home only where the vidhi is correctly observed, the agni properly established and dissolved, and the offerings ritually pure. Most families today prefer it done at a Yagna Ashram on their behalf. That is how AstroBhava works: our priests perform the fire ritual here in your name and gotra, and you watch the whole of it on live telecast.a
Karuka homam is a fire ritual using karuka, the durva or bermuda grass sacred in South Indian and Kerala practice. The grass is offered into the fire with mantras and is associated with vitality, freedom from obstacles and the well-being of children. It is a separate rite from the Yamaraja Homa, though families concerned with health sometimes have both prescribed.
The Yamaraja Homa is a Vedic fire ritual invoking Yamaraja, the son of Surya, lord of dharma and keeper of the span allotted to each life. Its significance lies in appealing to the very authority who measures time — asking that the years given be lived in health and right conduct. It is classed as a Health homa and is turned to during illness, convalescence and old age.
The yamaraja homam benefits the tradition names are recovery from illness, renewed vitality, longevity, relief from chronic and long-standing ailments, release from fear around health and mortality, and dharmic protection of the household. The rite is performed as an offering and a prayer; it is not a substitute for medical care, and no outcome is promised.
Anyone in a period of illness or recovery, families caring for an elderly member, those living with a long-standing ailment, and devotees whose chart shows affliction to the sixth or eighth house or to the ayush karaka may have this homa prescribed. You may also book it in another person's name — their name, star and gotra are enough. The homa itself is performed by qualified priests at our Yagna Ashram; devotees do not attend.
Bharani nakshatra, whose lord is Yama, is the most direct window. Yama Dwitiya, Naraka Chaturdashi, Krishna Paksha Trayodashi and Amavasya are also favoured, as are Tuesdays and Saturdays. Our priests choose the muhurat after reading your birth star and the day's panchanga, and tell you the date and hour before the homa is performed.
The priests begin with sankalpa in your name, star and gotra, followed by Ganapati puja and punyahavachana. The kunda is prepared and agni kindled with the prescribed samidha. Yamaraja is invoked with his Gayatri and the Yama sukta, and offerings of ghee, black and white sesame, darbha and karuka grass, ayush herbs, grains and dry fruits are made into the fire. Purnahuti closes the offering, followed by the ayush prayer, deeparadhana and the giving of prasadam. You watch it live; the prasadam and an energised yantra are then couriered to you, wherever you are, free of shipping cost.
Book online from any country on this page. Give the name, birth star and gotra of the person the homa is for, and any sankalpa you wish read. Our team confirms the muhurat and sends you the live telecast link ahead of time. After the yamaraja homa concludes, prasadam and the energised yantra are couriered to your address worldwide.
