Tradition links Rahu with rules, honesty, strangers, new things and the wider world. Below are many options, the ₹0 ones first; choose whatever suits you. For Rahu the site suggests no gem; it gives information only.
Eating or sharing a simple grain or fruit linked with the planet, on its weekday.
On Saturdays, include urad dal or something made with urad in a meal. The urad–Rahu link is in the text; eating it is tradition.
When: Saturday
Don't
Tradition advises simplicity and moderation for Rahu: simple, timely, home-cooked food and staying away from intoxicants.
When: Daily
Do
The planet's weekday fast or Ekadashi, within your health; ask a doctor if unwell, pregnant or on medicines.
Rahu has no weekday of its own; tradition usually keeps a Saturday fast for Rahu. One simple meal or fruit in the day.
When: Saturday
Don't
On both Ekadashis of the month, skip grains and eat fruit; it is held to be a fast of self-discipline.
When: Each Ekadashi
Don't
Everyday conduct tied to what the planet signifies: respect for elders, honesty, discipline.
Praśna Mārga, for adverse transits, asks one to heed elders, listen to good teachings and keep the mind pure.
When: Daily
Tradition links Rahu with rules, strangers and honesty. Avoid shortcuts in daily work, follow the rules (traffic, tax, office), and keep your word clear. Treat strangers and newcomers with respect too.
When: Daily
Do
Don't
Clothes or flowers in the planet's colour on its weekday, and the direction linked with it.
BPHS describes Rahu's form for contemplation as blue. If you like, wear something blue or grey on Saturday, or offer blue flowers in worship.
When: Saturday
Don't
In the Navagraha-mandala tradition Rahu sits in the south-west. If you like, face that way during Rahu's japa.
When: During worship or japa
Do
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
Showing a traveller the way, giving a migrant worker water and food, or helping a newcomer learn the ropes. Tradition links Rahu with strangers.
When: Whenever there's a chance
Put out a little millet or barley and a bowl of water on the roof or balcony.
When: Every morning, or Saturday
Don't
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
In BPHS, durva is Rahu's havan offering, so durva is linked with Rahu. Grow doob grass in a pot and water it; this care is tradition.
When: Saturday, or daily
Do
The planet's name-mantra, beej mantra or a stotra, a few calm minutes a day.
Sit quietly and repeat it 11 or 108 times. It is held to help steady the mind.
When: Saturday evening
Do
A beej mantra of the tantric tradition. 108 times, on any mala.
When: Saturday, after sunset
BPHS (on the 12th from the Karakamsa) links Rahu with worship of Durga. In tradition, the Durga Chalisa or Durga Saptashati is recited; choose what feels natural.
When: Saturday, or Navratri
Lighting a lamp on the planet's weekday or visiting a temple linked with it.
BPHS asks that flowers and cloth of the planet's colour, sandal, a lamp (deep) and guggul be offered in the planet's worship.
When: During worship
A sesame- or mustard-oil lamp at the home shrine on Saturday evening. A visit to a Durga or Navagraha temple. As pilgrimage, people visit Thirunageswaram in Tamil Nadu (a Navagraha site) and Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh. It is a matter of faith.
When: Saturday
Don't
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
Keep a handful of barley by your pillow at night and scatter it for birds in the morning.
When: Saturday night / Sunday morning, or whenever you like
Lal Kitab suggests, for Rahu, eating seated in or near the kitchen.
When: Daily
Lal Kitab links Rahu with in-laws; keep respectful, friendly ties with them.
When: Always
Don't
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
BPHS names weapons made of iron as Rahu's charity. It is a gift of older times; no one today is bound to it.
When: —
Praśna Mārga names iron and a sheep when Rahu's transit is adverse.
When: In the context of transits
Urad, a blanket, or a useful iron item (such as a tawa or bucket) for someone in need. The ₹0 form: an hour's help with someone's work.
When: Saturday
Don't
A bath with water steeped in the planet's herbs; skip it if your skin reacts.
Praśna Mārga, for adverse transits, speaks of a daily bath and 'pouring on the body medicated waters of the appropriate planet'. A clean daily bath is the ₹0 form.
When: Every morning
Add a little nagarmotha (musta) powder or sesame leaves to bath water. Lists differ between traditions.
When: Saturday morning
Don't
A plant root linked with the planet, worn in cloth or an amulet; traditions name different roots.
Tradition names a piece of white sandalwood or nagarmotha root for Rahu. Tied in blue cloth and worn on the arm or neck. Traditions differ.
When: Saturday
Do
Don't
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the eight-mukhi rudraksha with Rahu. Worn on a red or black thread at the neck or wrist.
When: Saturday or Monday
Do
Don't
The planet's number yantra on copper or bhojpatra, for the prayer place; no claims of power.
Keep a Rahu yantra on copper or bhojpatra at your home shrine and bow to it with a lamp on Saturdays. It is an aid to focus and worship.
When: Saturday
Don't
For worship, BPHS asks for a glass image of Rahu, or a picture drawn on cloth in his colour, placed in his direction.
When: During worship
A pandit performs the planet's japa or havan with a sankalp in your name; agree the cost beforehand.
BPHS gives 18,000 recitations of Rahu's Vedic mantra (opening: कया नश्चित्र…), after worshipping the planet. Learn a Vedic mantra from a teacher or pandit before reciting it.
When: Begin on a Saturday
BPHS gives durva for Rahu's havan (with honey, ghee, curd or milk) and 108 or 28 offerings.
When: After the japa
Usually: sankalpa (your name and gotra), Ganesha puja, Rahu puja, japa and a short havan. The ₹251–₹2,100 range usually covers a sankalpa puja or a short japa; the full 18,000 count takes several pandits several days and costs more. ₹0 option: recite one mala yourself daily.
When: Saturday
Do
Don't
Only for the chart's functional benefic planets; the lower-cost uparatna first, then a certified ratna. No gem is necessary.
No gem is suggested for Rahu or Ketu (hessonite, cat's eye): they own no sign and traditions differ. Only ₹0 options are suggested for them; the gem guide gives information only.
Listing the planets' gems, Praśna Mārga gives gomedhika (hessonite) for Rahu (in the context of transits). The site suggests no gem for Rahu, since Rahu owns no sign and traditions differ.
When: —
Don't
Phaladīpikā (Sastri's translation) gives 'agate' as Rahu's stone. Gem names and translations vary across texts; this is one more reason the site suggests no gem for Rahu.
When: —
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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