Tradition links the Sun with the self, the father, self-respect, authority and government. Below are the Sun'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 Sundays include wheat (roti or daliya) and a little jaggery. In the common navadhānya list, wheat is the Sun's grain.
When: Sunday
Don't
BPHS says that after worshipping the Sun, Brahmins are fed rice cooked with jaggery.
When: After the Sun's worship
On a Sunday, cook sweet jaggery rice and serve it to the elders at home and to someone in need.
When: Sunday
Do
The planet's weekday fast or Ekadashi, within your health; ask a doctor if unwell, pregnant or on medicines.
One simple meal in the day, traditionally often without salt. Begin the day by offering water to the Sun.
When: Sundays (tradition starts from the first Sunday of Shukla paksha)
Do
Don't
Everyday conduct tied to what the planet signifies: respect for elders, honesty, discipline.
The texts call the Sun the soul of Kālapuruṣa and the significator of the father, so tradition ties the Sun's remedies to how we treat our father and our own self-respect.
When: Always
Check in on your father every day and listen to him. Be punctual and honest at work; keep your self-respect while respecting others.
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 the Sun. On Sundays you can wear something red or saffron: a garment, a handkerchief or a stole.
When: Sunday
Jātaka Pārijāta names the Sun lord of the east. Face east for the Sun's worship or japa.
When: At sunrise
BPHS says the planets may be drawn on cloth in their colours (with sandal paste etc.) and placed in their own directions. In your puja corner the Sun's picture can go on the east side.
When: At worship
Do
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
Help your father or elder men at home with small things: medicine times, errands, simply sitting and talking.
When: Daily, especially Sunday
Do
On Sunday feed a cow a roti and a small piece of jaggery, or help a gaushala with fodder.
When: Sunday
Don't
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
BPHS names aak wood for the Sun's havan, so aak is taken as the Sun's plant.
When: —
On Sunday water an aak plant nearby, or plant any tree and look after it.
When: Sunday morning
Don't
The planet's name-mantra, beej mantra or a stotra, a few calm minutes a day.
BPHS gives the Sun's Vedic mantra and its japa count as 7,000. Learn it from someone who knows it and recite it with correct pronunciation.
When: Start on a Sunday, at sunrise
One mala (108) of 'om hrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ', or simply 'om sūryāya namaḥ'. Considered helpful for focusing the mind.
When: Every morning, especially Sunday
Do
BPHS (in the dasha chapters) mentions reciting the Āditya Hṛdaya for a Sun-related period. One recitation on Sunday.
When: Sunday morning
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: —
Light a ghee lamp facing east on Sunday morning.
When: Sunday morning
Visit the Sun at a nearby Navagraha temple or, if you wish, travel to Sun temples such as Konark or Modhera.
When: Sunday, or Ratha Saptami / Makar Sankranti
Do
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
Before leaving home or starting something new, eat a little jaggery or something sweet and drink water.
When: Daily
Begin any important task by touching the feet of your father (or a father-like elder).
When: Before important tasks
Practise truthfulness and avoid meat and alcohol, especially on Sundays.
When: Especially Sundays
Don't
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
BPHS names a cow with its calf for the Sun; Praśna Mārga (for transits) a kapilā cow.
When: —
When the Sun's transit is considered adverse, Praśna Mārga gives the gift of a kapilā (tawny) cow.
When: During the transit
A few rupees for fodder at a gaushala, or wheat, jaggery and a small copper vessel for someone in need.
When: Sunday, 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 few red flowers (such as hibiscus), a pinch of saffron and one or two cardamoms in the bath bucket for 10–15 minutes, then bathe.
When: Sunday 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 bel root tied in red cloth, as an amulet on the right arm or around the neck.
When: Sunday, after sunrise
Do
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the one-mukhi rudraksha with the Sun. Wear it on a red thread after one mala of 'om namaḥ śivāya'.
When: Sunday or Monday
Don't
The planet's number yantra on copper or bhojpatra, for the prayer place; no claims of power.
BPHS gives copper for the Sun's image in worship; that is why copper is taken as the Sun's metal.
When: —
Keep a Sun yantra on copper or bhojpatra in your puja corner, facing east; use it as a focus during Sunday lamp and japa.
When: Sunday
Do
A pandit performs the planet's japa or havan with a sankalp in your name; agree the cost beforehand.
BPHS gives 7,000 recitations of the Sun's Vedic mantra, then a havan of 108 or 28 offerings with aak 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 Sunday
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 gold or copper ring on the ring finger. Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule).
When: Sunday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
Praśna Mārga names the ruby (manikya) as the Sun's gem. Metal (gold/copper), finger (ring finger) and day (Sunday) are tradition. Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule).
When: Sunday, 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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