Guru (Bṛhaspati)
गुरु
Everyday Hindi: गुरु (बृहस्पति)
Jupiter: wisdom, teachers, children, dharma and expansion.
Definition
Guru or Bṛhaspati, Jupiter, is the preceptor of the devas and the minister among the grahas. It rules Dhanu and Mīna, is exalted in Karka and debilitated in Makara, and casts special aspects on the fifth and ninth houses from itself. It spends about a year in each sign, and its Vimśottarī daśā lasts sixteen years.
Articles that use this term
- SiddhantaExplainer
Gochar explained: transits, sign changes and retrograde motion
What a transit calendar actually lists, why a graha seems to move backwards, and how the classical texts and modern astronomy describe the same motion.
8 min read · 29 September 2026
- PanchangaExplainer
Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaganda: where the day-divisions come from
Three daily periods printed in almanacs, each an eighth of the daylight chosen by weekday: how they are computed, and why we treat them as later conventions.
6 min read · 28 September 2026