Navgrah are the nine celestial bodies, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu that determine the state and course of a person’s life right from his/ her birth. The states are denoted as ‘dashas’ and depending upon the position and movement of each planet a person’s dasha is said to be favourable or unfavourable. A lot of times people complain of things not working out for them at the work, education or family front, despite their putting in genuine effort. This could be accorded to an unfavourable planetary movement or position. Our learned pandits can read the astrological charts of an affected person to find out the reason or planet behind the bad dasha. A lot of times it is attributed to an unfavourable position of Mars, causing a mangal dosha or Saturn, causing a 7 ½ year bad spell or ‘sadhe saati’. The grahs can be appeased by performing the Navgrah Shanti puja. People desirous of improving a certain aspect of their lives should perform the navgrah shanti puja as the celestial bodies come to bless the lives of devotees by changing their positions. Those who wish to invoke the graphs for overall protection should also perform this puja on their birthdays.