Aditya 10 of 12 · Presides over Karttika (Oct-Nov)

Mitra

मित्र

Friendship, cosmic alliance, daylight, contracts

Mantras

Beej mantra

ॐ ह्रीं मित्राय नमः

Primary mantra

ॐ मित्राय नमः

Om Mitraya Namah

Quality of light

Communal-light — sunlight that creates the daytime where all beings see each other

Ratna (gem)

Ruby

Vahana

Solar chariot

Presiding month

Karttika (Oct-Nov)

Benefit of worship

Brings true friends, resolves enmity, blessing for business partnerships, removes loneliness

Story / Origin

Always invoked with Varuna in Vedic hymns — Mitra-Varuna pair represents the friendly + the binding aspects of cosmic law. Mitra is the friendly daylight, Varuna the binding night. The first Surya Namaskar mantra "Om Mitraya Namah" calls upon this Aditya specifically.

Vrata practice

Daily Surya Namaskar at sunrise — 12 cycles, each chanting one of 12 Aditya names starting with Mitra

Associated temple

Modhera Sun Temple (Gujarat) — Mitra in Aditya panel

See 12 sacred tirthas and Nava Graha for full graha-grid.

Plan a Surya puja

Cannot travel? Book a remote Mitra puja with video proof. For Ratha Saptami + Makar Sankranti dates see Hindu festival calendar 2026.