Nawagraha

thumb|right|The Nine Devas, Khleang style of Angkor. thumb|200px|Navagraha, Sun at the center surrounded by the planets, Painting by Raja Ravi Varma The navagraha (, Nine planets) are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu mythology. The term is derived from nava ( "nine") and graha ( "planet, seizing, laying hold of, holding"). The nine parts of the navagraha are the Sun, Moon, planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, and the two nodes of the Moon.