Remedies Sample chart
1 · Choose a topic
A peaceful home comes from living well together. Tradition links home and family with the 4th house, the Moon and Jupiter; below are options starting at ₹0. The choice is yours.
2 · The planets linked to this topic
Mars
lord of the 4th (home, mother) house
Moon
a karaka of the 4th; mother and mind
Jupiter chosen
karaka of the 2nd (family) and 5th (children) houses
3 · Remedies, the simplest first
Tradition links Jupiter with knowledge, teachers, children, dharma and good counsel. Below are Jupiter-related options to choose from: the ₹0 ones first, then the rest; which one you take up is your choice.
Food · ₹0
Jupiter's grain: Bengal gram (chana)
On Thursday, include chana dal, besan kadhi or besan chilla in a meal.
Thursday
Classical text · Phaladīpikā (V. S. Sastri) II.28
Do / don't
Do: Keep quantities in line with your health and your doctor's advice
Yellow foods: turmeric, banana, yellow fruit
On Thursday, add yellow foods such as turmeric, banana, papaya or mango.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: If your doctor has limited sweet fruit, skip it; for health, the doctor comes first
Fasting · ₹0
Thursday fast
On Thursday, eat one simple yellow meal (such as chana dal or besan); remember Vishnu in the morning, and you may read or hear the Thursday vrat katha.
Thursday, starting on a Shukla-paksha Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Choose how many Thursdays suits you; tradition often mentions 16
Don't: If you are unwell, pregnant or on medication, skip the fast or ask your doctor first
Ekadashi fast
Tradition links Jupiter with devotion to Vishnu; on Ekadashi, keep a fruit fast or eat once, without grains.
Ekadashi of each fortnight
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: If you are unwell, pregnant or on medication, skip the fast or ask your doctor first
Conduct · ₹0
Heeding elders, listening to scripture, keeping the mind clean
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga lists this conduct: obey elders, listen to the Vedas and Puranas, keep the mind pure. Read or listen to a good text for a little while each day.
Daily
Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.31 (Raman tr.)
What Jupiter signifies
Among the house karakas, Phaladīpikā names Jupiter for the 5th (children) and 9th (dharma, fortune). So Jupiter's remedies focus on respect for children, teachers and dharma (this form of conduct is tradition).
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Classical text · Phaladīpikā XV.17 (V. S. Sastri)
Respect for teachers and mentors
Remember your teachers, mentors and elders; meet or call them now and then; teach children patiently; when you advise someone, do it honestly.
Daily, especially Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Pass on what you have learnt
Don't: Don't mock or insult teachers, gurus or scripture
Colour / clothes / direction · ₹0
Yellow
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga prescribes clothes and flowers of the planet's colour; Jupiter's is yellow. On Thursday wear something yellow, even a handkerchief, and keep yellow flowers in worship.
Thursday
Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.27 (Raman tr.)
Do / don't
Do: A light yellow or saffron is fine
Direction: north-east
Phaladīpikā gives the north-east as Jupiter's quarter. You may face north-east in worship or study, and keep the north-east corner of the home clean.
In worship or study
Classical text · Phaladīpikā II.16 (V. S. Sastri)
Service · ₹0
Serving elders and teachers
On Thursday, do a small task for an elder at home, a teacher or a holy person; sit with them and listen.
Thursday
TraditionSoaked chana dal and jaggery for a cow
On Thursday, feed a cow or at a gaushala a little soaked chana dal with a piece of jaggery.
Thursday
Folk practiceDo / don't
Don't: Give only a little; never give animals stale, salty or plastic-wrapped food
Tree care · ₹0
Peepal
BPHS names peepal as Jupiter's samidh in havan, and Phaladīpikā also counts the aśvattha (peepal) among Jupiter's places. On Thursday, water a peepal's roots or plant one in an open space (watering and planting are tradition).
Thursday morning
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.21–22
Do / don't
Do: Peepal grows into a large tree; plant it in open ground, away from walls and foundations, with permission
Banana plant
Folk practice links the banana plant with Jupiter; on Thursday, water it, with a pinch of turmeric in the water.
Thursday
Folk practiceDo / don't
Don't: Don't break branches or leaves without need
Mantra / stotra / recitation · ₹0
Name mantra: ॐ बृहस्पतये नमः
After bathing in the morning, sit somewhere quiet and chant 'ॐ बृहस्पतये नमः' 108 times (one mala).
Thursday morning, or daily
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Chanting is considered a help in focusing the mind; mind the feeling more than the count
Beej mantra: ॐ ग्रां ग्रीं ग्रौं सः गुरवे नमः
A beej mantra from the tantric tradition; chant it 108 times on Thursday.
Thursday
TraditionReciting the Vishnu Sahasranama
Read or listen to the Vishnu Sahasranama on Thursday.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: If pronunciation is hard, listening is enough
Lamp / temple visit / pilgrimage · ₹0
A ghee lamp
BPHS describes offering the planet flowers and cloth of its colour, sandal, a lamp and incense. On Thursday, light a ghee lamp at your home shrine or beside a banana plant (the ghee lamp is tradition).
Thursday evening
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.15–16
Visiting a Vishnu or Navagraha temple
On Thursday, visit a Vishnu temple or a Navagraha temple for Brihaspati's darshan, and offer yellow flowers.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Don't make a temple visit a bargain for results; it is time for devotion
Lal Kitab · ₹0
A saffron or turmeric tilak on the forehead
After bathing, put a small tilak of saffron or turmeric on the forehead.
Daily or Thursday
Lal Kitab
Do / don't
Don't: Skip it if your skin reacts
Respect for father, teachers and holy people
Lal Kitab links Jupiter with the father, grandfather and teachers; respect them and seek their blessing on Thursday.
Thursday
Lal Kitab
Chana dal or turmeric at a temple
On Thursday, give a little chana dal or turmeric at a temple.
Thursday
Lal Kitab
Do / don't
Don't: Don't put anything into a river or pond
Lal Kitab is a separate tradition; these are its simple, harmless practices.
Charity · ₹0–₹51
Charity named in the texts: robes (yellow silk)
BPHS (84.25) names robes as Jupiter's gift, and Praśna Mārga names yellow silk. This is information; don't go beyond your means.
Thursday
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.25
Today's small form: chana dal, turmeric, yellow cloth, books
On Thursday, give chana dal and turmeric to someone in need or at a temple, or a book to a child.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Don't borrow to give, or give for show
Feeding someone curd rice
BPHS lists curd and rice as Jupiter's offering when feeding Brahmins. Today's form (tradition): feed curd rice to someone in need.
Thursday
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.23–24
Herbal bath · ₹0–₹99
Bathing with the planet's herbal water
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga mentions pouring the planet's medicated water over the body.
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Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.32 (Raman tr.)
For Jupiter: turmeric, liquorice root, yellow mustard
Add a pinch of turmeric, a little liquorice root and a few yellow mustard seeds to a bucket of water and bathe. Lists differ between traditions.
Thursday morning
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Patch-test on your hand first; stop if your skin reacts
Don't: With any skin condition or allergy, ask your doctor first; for health, the doctor comes first
Root (jadi) · ₹199–₹399
Banana root or a turmeric knot
Tradition gives the banana root (or a whole turmeric knot) for Jupiter: on Thursday it is worn tied in yellow cloth or on a yellow thread on the arm.
Thursday, Shukla paksha
TraditionDo / don't
Do: A turmeric knot is easy to find at home and is the lowest-cost form
Don't: Never eat the root or use it as medicine
How to choose it and check it's genuine →
Traditions differ on which root belongs to which planet. How to check it's genuine is in our genuineness guide.
Rudraksha · ₹499–₹1,499
Five-mukhi rudraksha
Tradition links the five-mukhi rudraksha with Jupiter. Wear it on a yellow or red thread at the neck or wrist. It is the most common rudraksha, so the price should be modest.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Buy one with an X-ray or lab report; the mukhi lines should run clearly top to bottom
Don't: Don't overpay for a five-mukhi; avoid glued or carved fakes
Yantra · ₹299–₹1,499
Brihaspati (Guru) yantra
Place a Guru yantra on a copper plate or bhojpatra at your home shrine on Thursday; remember it with yellow flowers and a lamp during worship.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Treat the yantra as a focus for worship; keep it clean and dry
Don't: Don't pay extra for 'siddh' or 'miraculous' claims
Sankalp puja / japa / havan (by a pandit) · ₹251–₹2,100
Jupiter's Vedic mantra japa: 19,000
BPHS gives 19,000 as the japa count for Jupiter's Vedic mantra (opening: 'बृहस्पते अति यदर्यो…'). A pandit takes the sankalpa, worships the planet and then does the japa; it is often spread over several days or pandits.
Begun on a Thursday
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.17–20
Havan with peepal samidh
BPHS prescribes peepal sticks for Jupiter's havan, with honey, ghee, curd or milk, in 108 or 28 offerings.
After the japa
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.21–22
Sankalpa puja by a pandit: what happens, what it costs
Sankalpa, Ganesha puja, Brihaspati puja (yellow cloth and flowers, chana dal), mantra japa and a small havan. Usually ₹251–₹2,100 (from a short puja to one with havan); the full 19,000 japa can cost more, so ask in writing first.
Thursday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Stay away from pujas sold through fear or promises of quick results
How to choose it and check it's genuine →
This is information only: what happens in the puja and what it usually costs. Whether to have one is your choice.
Uparatna / gemstone · ₹799–₹12,000+
Gems are shown only for the planets tradition treats as benefic in your chart, each with its uparatna alternative.
Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule)
Lahiri ayanamsa · whole-sign houses · mean nodes · Swiss Ephemeris