Tradition links Mars with courage, energy, siblings, land and discipline. Below are Mars's remedies in 16 kinds of options; the ₹0 ones come first, and the choice is yours. (A calm explanation of Mars's placement in a chart is on our 'Mangal dosha' page.)
Eating or sharing a simple grain or fruit linked with the planet, on its weekday.
On Tuesdays include masoor (or toor) dal and a little jaggery. In the common navadhānya list, red lentil is Mars's grain.
When: Tuesday
Don't
BPHS says that after worshipping Mars, Brahmins are fed havishya (simple sattvic food with ghee).
When: After Mars's worship
On a Tuesday, cook khichdi with ghee or dal-rice and serve it to someone in need.
When: Tuesday
Do
The planet's weekday fast or Ekadashi, within your health; ask a doctor if unwell, pregnant or on medicines.
One simple meal, traditionally often without salt (jaggery-chana or something sweet). Begin the day remembering Hanuman.
When: Tuesdays (tradition starts from the first Tuesday of Shukla paksha)
Don't
Everyday conduct tied to what the planet signifies: respect for elders, honesty, discipline.
The texts call Mars the strength of Kālapuruṣa and the significator of siblings, so tradition ties Mars's remedies to our bond with siblings and putting our energy and courage to good use.
When: Always
Keep in touch with your siblings and take the first step to settle old quarrels. Some exercise or sport every day; keep property matters clearly documented.
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 red clothing and red flowers in worship for Mars. On Tuesdays you can wear something red: a garment, a handkerchief or a thread.
When: Tuesday
Jātaka Pārijāta names Mars lord of the south.
When: —
BPHS says the planets may be drawn on cloth in their colours and placed in their own directions. In your puja corner Mars's picture can go on the south side.
When: At worship
Do
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
Lend your siblings a hand with something; if there is a rift, take the first step.
When: Especially Tuesday
If you are healthy, donate blood at a recognised blood bank; modern tradition links this with Mars (blood).
When: As the blood bank's rules allow
Don't
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
BPHS names khair (catechu) wood for Mars's havan, so khair is taken as Mars's tree.
When: —
On Tuesday water a khair tree, or plant a khair (or any tree) and look after it.
When: Tuesday morning
Do
The planet's name-mantra, beej mantra or a stotra, a few calm minutes a day.
BPHS gives Mars's Vedic mantra and its japa count: 10,000 (11,000 in some copies). Learn it from someone who knows it and recite it with correct pronunciation.
When: Start on a Tuesday, in the morning
One mala (108) of 'om krāṁ krīṁ krauṁ saḥ bhaumāya namaḥ', or simply 'om bhaumāya namaḥ' / 'om aṅgārakāya namaḥ'. Considered helpful for focusing the mind.
When: Tuesday morning, or daily
Do
In North-Indian practice, reciting the Hanuman Chalisa on Tuesdays for Mars.
When: Tuesday
BPHS (in the dasha chapters) mentions Rudra japa and the gift of a red bull for a Mars-related period.
When: Tuesday or 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 Tuesday visit a Hanuman temple and light a lamp (ghee or jasmine oil).
When: Tuesday
Do
Visit Mars at a nearby Navagraha temple; if you wish, a trip to the Mangalnath temple in Ujjain, which tradition links with Mars.
When: Tuesday
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
On Tuesday offer batashe or jaggery-chana to Hanuman and share them among people.
When: Tuesday
Make a sweet roti with jaggery and give it to someone in need.
When: Tuesday
Respect the advice of your brothers (or brother-like people) and keep the peace with them; Lal Kitab treats this as a main remedy for Mars.
When: Always
Don't
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
BPHS names a bullock for Mars; Praśna Mārga (for transits) a red bull.
When: —
When Mars's transit is considered adverse, Praśna Mārga gives the gift of a red bull.
When: During the transit
A few rupees towards fodder for bullocks and cows at a gaushala; or masoor dal, jaggery and red cloth for someone in need.
When: Tuesday, daytime
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: —
Put a pinch of red sandal and a few red flowers (such as hibiscus) in the bath water for 10–15 minutes, then bathe.
When: Tuesday 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 anantmool root tied in red cloth, as an amulet on the right arm or around the neck.
When: Tuesday
Do
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the three-mukhi rudraksha with Mars. Wear it on a red thread after one mala of 'om namaḥ śivāya'.
When: Tuesday or Monday
Don't
The planet's number yantra on copper or bhojpatra, for the prayer place; no claims of power.
BPHS gives red sandalwood for Mars's image in worship.
When: —
Keep a Mars yantra on copper or bhojpatra in your puja corner, on the south side; use it as a focus during Tuesday lamp and japa.
When: Tuesday
Do
A pandit performs the planet's japa or havan with a sankalp in your name; agree the cost beforehand.
BPHS gives 10,000 recitations of Mars's Vedic mantra (11,000 in some copies), then a havan of 108 or 28 offerings with khair 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 Tuesday
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 copper or gold ring on the ring finger. Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule).
When: Tuesday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
Praśna Mārga names red coral (vidruma) as Mars's gem. Metal (copper/gold), finger (ring finger) and day (Tuesday) are tradition. Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule).
When: Tuesday, 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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