MANGAL(Mars) graha shanti
Worship the ruling deities Kartikeya and Hanuman.
The Kartikeya mantra: "Om Saravanabhavaya Namah"
The Hanuman mantra: "Om Ham Hanumate Namah"
Recite Kartikeya Stotra or Hanuman Chalisa.
Japa of the Mars mantra: Om kram kreem kroum 
sah bhaumaya namah, 7000 times in 40 days.
Recite the Mangala stotra.
Charity: Donate Masoor dal (red lentils) on Tuesdays.
Fasting: On Tuesdays.
Pooja: Kartikeya pooja or Rudrabhishekha.
Rudraksha: Wear a 3 mukhi Rudraksha. 
Gemstone: Coral (Moonga) 
Jadi: Anant Mool 

BUDHA(Mercury) graha shanti
Worship Lord Vishnu.
Recite Vishnu sahasranama stotra.
Japa of the Budha beeja mantra: Om bram breem broum
 sah budhaya namah, 17000 times in 40 days.
Recite the Budha stotra.
Charity: Donate Udad dal on Wednesday.
Fasting: On Wednesdays.
Pooja: Vishnu pooja.
Rudraksha: Wear a 10 mukhi Rudraksha. 
Jadi: Vidhara Mool 
Gemstone: Emerald 

GURU(Jupiter) graha shanti
Worship ruling deity Dakshinamurty (for Shaivayats)
or Narayan (for Vaishnavas).
Recite Shri Rudram.
Japa of the Guru beeja mantra: Om gram greem groum 
sah gurave namah, 16000 times in 40 days.
Recite the Guru stotra.
Donate: Saffron or turmeric or sugar on Thursdays.
Fasting: On Thrusdays.
Pooja: Rudrabhishekam.
Rudraksha: Wear a 5 mukhi rudraksha. 
Jadi: Banana root
Gemstone: Yellow sapphire.

SUKRA (Venus) graha shanti.
Worship ruling deity Goddess Laxmi (Lakshmi).
Chant Shukra beeja mantra: Om dram dreem droum sah 
shukraya namah, 20000 times in 40 days.
Recite Shree Sooktam or Devi stuti.
Recite the Shukra stotra.
Donate clothes or dairy cream or curd to a lady on Friday.
Fasting: On Fridays.
Pooja: Lakshmi poojan.
Wear a 9 mukhi Rudraksha. 
Jadi: Arand Mool 
Gemstone: Diamond

SHANI(Saturn)graha shanti.
Worship Lord Hanuman or Lord Bhairo.
Recite Hanuman chalisa or any other Hanuman stotra.
Japa of Shani mantra: Om pram preem proum sah shanaischaraya 
namah, 19000 times in 40 days.
Recite the Shani stotra.
Donate a buffalo or black til (sesame seeds) on Saturday.
Fasting on Saturdays.
Pooja: Hanuman pooja.
Wear a 14 mukhi Rudraksha. 
For all Saturn related troubles, Dasharatha Shani Stotra of is an excellent remedy.
Jadi: Dhature ki Jad 
Gemstones: Blue-sapphire 
Perform thilabhishekam on sanitrayodasi, sanijayanthi (pushya masam bahula astami) and saniamavasya days.

RAHU graha shanti
Worship lord Bhairava or lord Shiva.
Recite the Rahu stotra.
Chant Rahu beeja mantra: Om bhram bhreem bhroum sah rahave namah, 18000 times in 40 days.
Recite the Kalabhairav asthakam.
Donate: Udad dal or coconut on Saturdays.
Fasting on Saturdays.
Pooja: Bhairav or Shiva or Chandi pooja.
Wear An 8 mukhi Rudraksha. 
One of the most effective remedies for Rahu is recitation of the first chapter of Durga Saptasati.

KETU graha shanti
Worship the ruling deity Sri Ganesha.
Recite the Ketu stotra everyday.
Chant Beeja mantra of Ketu: Om shram shreem shroum sah ketave namah, 7,000 times in 40 days.
Recite Ganesha Dwadasanama Stotra.
Donation: A black cow (Syama Gaay) or black mustard seeds on Thursday.
Fasting: On Thursdays.
Wear a 9 mukhi rudraksha. - Buy now
Recitation of Shiva Panchakshari Stotra is also considered a very good remedy for Ketu.
Jadi: Banyan tree root (??????? ???)
Gemstone: Cats eyestone 

Doubts About Vedic Astrology Remedies?

A number of people who believe in Indian astrology refuse to believe the efficacy of the remedial measures it offers. 
Here are some of many questions I have received in the past. 
"The underlying assumption of astrology being karma theory and planets being just 'soochakas' rather than 'karakas' (signals rather than doers), 
is there a justification for remedy at all?" 
"All of life events are something that I feel are destined. If they are destined and my astrological charts are telling me this, 
how can I change something written in my chart and hence in my destiny" 
"If my chart is predicting an unfavorable event in my life, and by remedies if I am able to stop that event from happening, 
wouldn’t that invalidate what’s written in my chart" 

Why Remedies Do Not Work

All of the above are excellent questions. But there is valid theory behind the concept of remedies. 
Just like when a drug company introduces a new drug, it goes through clinical trials for several 
years before it is released for the consumption of common public, similarly these remedies are 
tried and tested by years of practice of our ancient seers. However just as a drug is not suitable 
for everyone and only a very experienced doctor can tell if a drug is right under certain conditions, 
similarly only a very experienced Indian astrologer can tell the right remedy for the right person 
valid under certain conditions. Majority of the so-called astrologers do not follow the rules correctly 
and hence give a bad name to these remedies.

What is the Astrological Basis of Remedies?

Planets move in the skies in a pre determined way. The permutations and combinations they form are all predetermined and are being governed by natural laws. Reasoning then suggests that the only way destiny can control your next birth based on your karmas is by choosing a time for your birth when the certain planetary combinations suited to give you the results based on your past karmas are present. So destiny does it role by choosing that moment and giving you a life as per the planetary combinations and their natural effects. Now destiny's role is done and planets take over to give you the results based on the combinations present at the time of your birth. But what if the man learns to alter the effects of planets to some extent now.. can he alters his predefined life now.... the answer is obviously.. if we understand how planets effect us to begin with to give the life destiny handed over to us.. we can surely alter those effects to make them work for us. That's what remedies are all about. They are our attempt to alter the natural effects of planets. We do that by experimenting with gems (which use electromagnetic radiations), Mantras. (Which use sound waves) and Yantras (which use geometrical and mathematical shapes).

A doctor needs to determine your health and other drug history before prescribing a medicine. he does that to make sure that there are no unwanted interactions with other drugs you are taking, your body will be able to take the side effects and the drug will be effective given your age, weight, blood pressure etc. An astrologer pretty much needs to do a similar analysis. e.g. Let's say that a native comes to you with a problem of not able to gain a lot wealth. Now the problem has two parts, he must be able to make a lot of money as well as he must be able to accumulate a lot of wealth by proper savings or investments. What if you suggest a remedy, which will help him, earn a lot of money by making a particular planet stronger? But what if that planet is bad for accumulating wealth? By suggesting that remedy you just made sure that he will earn a lot of money but will not be able to save or invest it properly. That person will obviously come back later on and say that the remedy never worked. The correct way of suggesting the remedy is as follows.
First Determine the overall bad and good effects of all planets in the chart. Next determine the strength of all those planets.
Next determine what is causing the trouble. A weak but good planet or a strong but malefic planet.
If both of the above cases are present then choose the weak but the good planet for remedy.
If weak but good panet is picked for remedy, determine if that planet is capable of producing bad effects for any house. Check the strength of that house, if the house is otherwise strong proceed, otherwise also include in your remedy the good planet for that chart to protect that house.
If strong but malefic planet is picked up for remedy, determine if that planet (specially the houses on which that planet lords over) is good for any house. Repeat the same check as explained above to make the affected house stronger. Finally check the dasha scheme, check the relationship of the planet with the dasha lord and see if they are compatible. If not compatible then suggest a remedy for the dasha lord instead of the planet in question. As you can see the results will really vary chart to chart. That's why no remedy works the same way for all the poople. Remedies do work, but determine the right remedy takes real skill and years of experience.



Mantras—The Indian science of mantras is very highly developed. There is virtually a mantra for everything. For thousands of years the saints and sages of India have recommended using mantras for relief of all kinds of karmic difficulties, even health problems, work and love problems, or the existential problems of life itself. This of course includes the difficulties that may be found in an astrology chart. By locating the source of the karma (usually a planet), the astrologer can prescribe the correct mantra to remedy the problem.

Meditation and Prayer—Prayer is the simplest and yet perhaps the most effective upaya there is. To sit quietly in the divine presence, or to pray with words, has been proven time and again to solve the most difficult problems of life. There is no better upaya: prayer is free and it works.

Puja and Homa—Vedic tradition offers us some very intense prayers and rituals that can be done by a pandit (ritual master) for us in order to remove negative karmas. Ritual worship of the planets is known as puja, and can involve anything from waving a stick of incense before an image of the planet to an all-day ceremony that takes several trained priests to accomplish. Beyond that, there is the homa, which is the lengthy, complex, and extremely ancient ritual of the fire ceremony. The homa, performed by a pandit observing all the correct rites, is a highly effective means to work out planetary karmas and bring relief into your life.

Vrat (Ritual Fasting)—Another tool often used for working with the planets is the ritual fast, or vrat. This can take many different forms, but the most basic one is similar to the Western concept of Lent. By giving up some beloved food, this sacrifice is then dedicated through prayer towards the planet or karma we are trying to relieve. For example, if a person was having trouble with Venus, they may decide to give up sweets for a year (sugar being related to Venus). For Saturn difficulties, they may decide to fast for the whole day every Saturday. Although many vrats revolve around giving up food, it can also mean giving up other things that we greatly enjoy, such as sex, drinking, or watching television. It’s important to remember that the more we enjoy something, the greater the sacrifice in giving it up, and therefore the more powerful the effect of the vrat. A person undertaking a vrat (which can also be translated as “resolve”), is known as a vratdhaari or “resolution-holder.”

Charity—All spiritual traditions recognize the power of charity, and in jyotish this power is put to us for astrological effect. Feeding the poor, giving money to a relief organization, or simply doing good deeds for your neighbor are all acts of charity that will have a significant effect on your karma. As usual, the greater the sacrifice, and the less you attempt to bring attention to yourself for the sacrifice, the more powerful it will be. Those who have more to give need to give more to get the same good effect.

Gemstones—One of the most interesting upayas is the use of gemstones. This tradition is a long and meaningful one in jyotish, the remnants of which can still be seen in Western Astrology in the debased concept of “birth stones.” In Vedic astrology, the astrologer prescribes a gemstone related to the planet that is causing the difficulty. For example, if you have an afflicted Moon, you may get a lot of benefit out of wearing a large fresh water pearl. The science of which gem to wear for what problem is a complex one, and normally requires professional to correctly determine.