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'''Lal Kitab''' ([[Hindi]]: लाल किताब, [[Urdu]]: {{lang|ur|لال کتاب}}, literally '''Red Book''') is a set of five books on [[Vedic astrology]] and [[palmistry]], written in [[Hindi]] and later, in the [[Urdu]] script too.<ref name="Bonner1987">{{cite book |last1=Bonner |first1=Jeffrey P. |title=Land Consolidation and Economic Development in India: A Study of Two Haryana Villages |date=1987 |publisher=Riverdale Company |isbn=978-0-913215-07-4 |page=6 |language=English}}</ref><br />
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Poetic verses form the core ''farmanns'' or ''[[upaya]]'' (remedy recommended) of the book. It has led to field of remedial astrology known as ''Lal Kitab remedies'', simple remedies for various planetary afflictions in the [[horoscope]] or [[birth chart]], which have become part of the folk traditions of the region that includes [[North India]] and Pakistan.<ref>[[#Mh|Mahajan, p. 7]]. {{cite news |title=Click to know what Salman's numbers speak|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=66076 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=April 14, 2006 }}- {{cite news |title=Star Struck |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Star-Struck/735137/ |work=Indian Express |date=January 9, 2011 }}. {{cite book |title=Ayurvedic Astrology: Self-Healing Through the Stars|author=David Frawley |author-link=David Frawley |publisher=Lotus Press |year=2005|isbn=0-940985-88-8|page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L29WKmFDfNsC&pg=PA166 }}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2012}}<br />
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==Authorship & the practitioners of today==<br />
Although, the author of the original verses is unknown or a matter of debate, however, [[Pandit Roop Chand Joshi]] (1898-1982)<ref name=dj>{{cite news |title=लाल किताब के रचयिता पंडित जोशी का 121वां जन्मोत्सव मनाया (121 birth anniversary of Pt. Roop Chand Joshi celebrated) |url=https://www.jagran.com/punjab/ludhiana-ludhiana-lal-kitab-17385756.html |access-date=25 September 2019 |work=Dainik Jagran |agency=Dainik Jagran |publisher=Dainik Jagran |date=19 January 2018 |language=hi}}</ref> of [[Pharwala, Jalandhar|Pharwala]] village of Jalandhar district of [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]],<ref name=lal/> who authored the presently available version during the years 1939 to 1952 in five volumes, is regarded as the master of this science.<ref name=lal>[https://archive.org/details/LalKitab1941, Vol. 3, Lal Kitab, 1941]</ref><ref name=dj/> Some regard him also as originator of these books. The names of the five set of books authored by Pt. Roop Chand Joshi, together called as '''Lal Kitab''' with their years of publication, are as follows.<br />
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#'' Lal Kitab Ke Farman'' (The Edicts of Lal Kitab), 1939, 383 pages<br />
# ''Lal Kitab Ke Arman'' (''Ilm Samudrik Kee Lal Kitab Ke Armaan''), (The “Aspirations” of Lal Kitab), 1940, 280 pages<br />
# ''Gutka'' (''Ilm Samudrik Kee Lal Kitab'') (Third Part), 1941, 428 pages<br />
# ''Lal Kitab Ke Farman'' (Lal Kitab – Tarmeem Shuda), 1942, 384 pages<br />
# ''Ilm-e Samudrik ki buniyad par ki Lalkitab'' (Lal Kitab), 1952, 1173 pages<br />
A copy of first book published in 1939 is preserved in [[Lahore Museum]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}<br />
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==Contents==<br />
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Lal Kitab explains how certain planetary positions in one's [[horoscope]] should also reflect in the lines of his palm. In other word the book is on astro-palmistry, that is, it has mixed the two different arts of [[Palmistry]] and [[Jyotisha]] a.k.a. [[Hindu astrology]] together.<br />
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The books were published in red hard-cover. In Hindi and Urdu languages ''Lal'' means the color [[red]] and ''Kitab'' means a book. Further, in [[India]] traditionally, business ledger books are bound in red color. Red in [[Hindu]] is considered auspicious and a symbol of [[Ganesha]] and [[Lakshmi]]. The red [[Vermilion|kum-kum]] is used in [[Hindu]] religious rites. The Lal Kitab volumes were also given a red binding because these books contain ''duniyavi hisaab kitaab'' (the ledger book of one’s life).<br />
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Lal Kitab describes a style of horoscope analysis with remedies that omit [[Puja (Hinduism)|pooja]] and wearing of [[gemstone]]s, which are generally recommended by other branches of Vedic astrology and [[Jyotisha]]. There are many followers of Lal Kitab. In [[India]] and abroad one can find many practitioners of Lal Kitab, prescribing remedies as per ''farmanns'' of these books.<br />
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==Cultural influences==<br />
The book has been popular in both [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], and many of its astrological remedies ''upaya'' or ''farmans'' have become part of everyday culture in the subcontinent,<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/hindi/spiritual/report-lal-kitab-ke-upay-and-remedies-for-financial-crisis-and-problems-lal-kitab-ke-totke-increase-money-flow-4121819|title= Lal Kitab Ke Upay|date= May 14, 2024|website=DNA India<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amarujala.com/astrology/predictions/lal-kitab-ke-upay-importance-of-saturn-rahu-and-venus-planet-in-astrology-2024-05-01 |title=Lal Kitab Ke Upay |date=2024-05-01 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=[[Amar Ujala]]}}</ref> like throwing coins into a river while passing over it, feeding grass to a cow, bread to a dog and offering meals to unmarried girls etc.<ref>[[#Sr|Shrimali, p. 9]]</ref> Some of its ''farmans'' have become proverbs, in languages such as [[Multani language|Multani]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Glossary of the Multani Language|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri. |page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QVR7z5386IC&pg=RA1-PA53 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Lal Kitab: System Of Progression And Curative Measure'', by R. S. Chillar. Sagar Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|81-7082-050-2}}.<br />
* {{cite book |title=Lal Kitab, Volume 3 |author=Rup Chand Joshi |via=[[Internet Archive]] |year=1941|url=https://archive.org/details/LalKitab1941 }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Lal Kitab - a Rare Book on Astrology|author=U. C. Mahajan|publisher=Pustak Mahal|year=2004|isbn=81-223-0884-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pjfzfapvOkC |ref=Mh }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Lal Kitab|author=Radhakrishan Srimali|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Ltd|year=2007|isbn=978-81-288-1256-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZKQnp7nWf8C |ref=Sr }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://www.lalkitab.info/<br />
More Information<br />
* [http://www.aifas.com/books/Lalkitab.pdf Lal Kitab in PDF format]. All India Federation of Astrologers Societies<br />
* http://www.lalqitab.com<br />
*[http://www.lalkitab.in/2009/02/which-is-best-lal-kitab-book.html Which Lal Kitab book should we read?]<br />
*[https://www.birthastro.com/astrology/kundali-matching Kundali Matching].Lal Kitab Predictions<br />
*[http://www.lalkitabhindi.com/ Read online Lal Kitab in hindi]<br />
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