CHANDRA MANTRA

CHANDRA BEEJ MANTRA

(चंद्रा बीईजे मंत्र)  

ओम् श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चंद्राय नमः

- OM SHRAAM SHREEM SHRAUM SAH CHANDRAYA NAMAH -

In Tibet, monks chant the Chandra Beej Mantra (चंद्रा बीईजे मंत्र) every Somvaar or Induvaasaram (षोम्वअर्, ईन्दुवअसरम्), as Monday is called in the Indian Calendar.
- Monday in the Greco-Roman and Indo-European Calendar, is the day dedicated to the Moon (Chandra, चन्द्र). 
You can read it every Somvaar or Induvaasaram (षोम्वअर्, ईन्दुवअसरम् / Monday)  or you can copy it to a clean sheet of paper and store it until the next Somvaar ή Induvaasaram (षोम्वअर्, ईन्दुवअसरम् / Monday), when you will replace it with a new one, burning the old.

GAYATRI / CHANDRAGAHAN MANTRA

(चंद्रगहण मंत्र)  

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्यः धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्

- OM BHUR BHUVA SWAHA TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM, BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI DHIYO YONAH PRACHODAYAT - 

In Tibet, monks chant the Gayatri Mantra (चंद्रगहण मंत्र), during a Lunar Eclipse (Chandragahan, चंद्रगहण).
- The Lunar Eclipse (Chandragahan, चंद्रगहण) takes place when the Full Moon (Purnima, पूर्णिमा) is close to a Node of the Moon (Chandra, चन्द्र).
You can read it while watching a Lunar Eclipse (Chandragahan, चंद्रगहण) or copy it on a clean piece of paper that you will keep until the next Lunar Eclipse (Chandragahan, चंद्रगहण), when you will replace it with a new one, burning the old.