Tradition links the Moon with the mind, the mother, feelings, sleep and water. Below are the Moon's remedies in 16 kinds of options; the ₹0 ones come first, and the choice is yours.
Eating or sharing a simple grain or fruit linked with the planet, on its weekday.
On Mondays include rice, milk or curd. In the common navadhānya list, rice is the Moon's grain.
When: Monday
Don't
BPHS says that after worshipping the Moon, Brahmins are fed rice cooked in milk (kheer).
When: After the Moon's worship
On a Monday or full-moon day, make kheer and serve it to the elder women at home and to someone in need.
When: Monday or Purnima
Do
The planet's weekday fast or Ekadashi, within your health; ask a doctor if unwell, pregnant or on medicines.
One simple meal or fruit only; begin the day by offering water to Shiva.
When: Mondays (tradition starts from the first Monday of Shukla paksha)
Don't
Keep the day simple on Purnima and eat after offering water (arghya) to the Moon in the evening.
When: Full-moon day
Don't
Everyday conduct tied to what the planet signifies: respect for elders, honesty, discipline.
The texts call the Moon the mind of Kālapuruṣa and the significator of the mother, so tradition ties the Moon's remedies to caring for one's mother and one's own mind.
When: Always
Talk to your mother (or a mother-like woman) every day and take her blessing. Sleep enough; sit quietly or walk for a while.
When: Daily
Do
Don't
Heeding elders, listening to the Vedas and Purāṇas, and keeping the mind pure: Praśna Mārga gives this for all planets.
When: Whenever you wish
Clothes or flowers in the planet's colour on its weekday, and the direction linked with it.
Praśna Mārga gives white clothing and white flowers in worship for the Moon. On Mondays you can wear white or light cream.
When: Monday
Jātaka Pārijāta names the Moon lord of the north-west.
When: —
BPHS says the planets may be drawn on cloth in their colours and placed in their own directions. In your puja corner the Moon's picture can go to the north-west.
When: At worship
Do
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
Spend time with your mother, grandmother or a lonely elderly woman nearby, and help with small tasks.
When: Daily, especially Monday
In summer keep a bowl of water outside for birds, or help at a public water stall.
When: Daily
Do
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
BPHS names palash wood for the Moon's havan, so palash is taken as the Moon's tree.
When: —
On Monday water a palash tree, or plant a palash (or any tree) and look after it.
When: Monday morning
Do
The planet's name-mantra, beej mantra or a stotra, a few calm minutes a day.
BPHS gives the Moon's Vedic mantra and its japa count as 11,000. Learn it from someone who knows it and recite it with correct pronunciation.
When: Start on a Monday, in the evening
One mala (108) of 'om śrāṁ śrīṁ śrauṁ saḥ candrāya namaḥ', or simply 'om candrāya namaḥ' / 'om somāya namaḥ'. Considered helpful for calming the mind.
When: Monday evening, or daily
Do
The Moon sits on Shiva's head, so tradition gives 'om namaḥ śivāya' japa and offering water or milk on the Shivalinga for the Moon.
When: Monday
Lighting a lamp on the planet's weekday or visiting a temple linked with it.
BPHS speaks of offering flowers and cloth of the planet's colour, sandal, a lamp and guggul in worship of the planet.
When: —
On Monday evening light a ghee lamp at a Shiva temple and offer water on the Shivalinga.
When: Monday evening
Visit the Moon at a nearby Navagraha temple; if you wish, a pilgrimage such as Somnath, which tradition links with the Moon god.
When: Monday or Purnima
Do
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
Begin any important task by touching the feet of your mother (or a mother-like elder).
When: Before important tasks
At night keep a vessel of water by your pillow, and in the morning pour it at the root of a tree.
When: Night / next morning
If you have a small piece of silver or a silver coin at home, clean it and keep it with you (in your wallet).
When: From a Monday
Don't
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
Both BPHS and Praśna Mārga name a conch as the Moon's gift.
When: —
When the Moon's transit is considered adverse, Praśna Mārga gives the gift of a conch.
When: During the transit
Rice, milk, sugar or white cloth for someone in need; or a small conch to a temple.
When: Monday, or Purnima
Do
A bath with water steeped in the planet's herbs; skip it if your skin reacts.
Praśna Mārga speaks of bathing with the medicated water suited to the planet (for transits).
When: —
Add a pinch of white sandal, a few white flowers (such as mogra) and, if you like, a little Ganga water to your bath water.
When: Monday morning
Don't
A plant root linked with the planet, worn in cloth or an amulet; traditions name different roots.
Tradition wears a small piece of khirni root tied in white cloth, as an amulet on the neck or arm.
When: Monday
Do
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the two-mukhi rudraksha with the Moon. Wear it on a white or red thread after one mala of 'om namaḥ śivāya'.
When: Monday
Don't
The planet's number yantra on copper or bhojpatra, for the prayer place; no claims of power.
BPHS gives sphatika (rock crystal) for the Moon's image in worship.
When: —
Keep a Moon yantra on silver, copper or bhojpatra in your puja corner; use it as a focus during Monday lamp and japa.
When: Monday
Do
A pandit performs the planet's japa or havan with a sankalp in your name; agree the cost beforehand.
BPHS gives 11,000 recitations of the Moon's Vedic mantra, then a havan of 108 or 28 offerings with palash wood (mixed with honey, ghee, curd or milk).
When: —
The pandit takes a sankalpa in your name and gotra, completes the japa, then a havan of one-tenth the japa count. It usually costs from ₹251 (a short japa) to ₹2,100 (full japa and havan).
When: Starting on a Monday
Do
Only for the chart's functional benefic planets; the lower-cost uparatna first, then a certified ratna. No gem is necessary.
A ratna (and its uparatna) is suggested only for planets that are functional benefics for your lagna: the lords of the 1st, 5th and 9th, and the yogakaraka. Every ratna is shown with its lower-cost uparatna, and the ₹0 options always come first.
Always show the uparatna (lower cost) before the ratna. No gem is 'necessary'; ₹0 options always on top.
No gem for children under 12. No gem offer during pregnancy, illness or grief (W12 rule).
The lower-cost option. In a silver ring on the little finger. Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule).
When: Monday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
Praśna Mārga names the pearl (mukta) as the Moon's gem. Metal (silver), finger (little finger) and day (Monday) are tradition. Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule).
When: Monday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
Lal Kitab is a popular, separate North Indian tradition; its remedies are shown here separately, under its own name.
Remedies are done with faith, regularity and patience; tradition sees them as a way to steady the mind and turn it to good deeds.
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