Everyone's work journey is different. Tradition links career with the 10th house and a few planets; below are options for them, starting at ₹0. The choice is yours.
The text also names Jupiter a karaka of the 10th; to keep the list short, Jupiter appears here only as the 10th lord or a dasha lord.
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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.
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
Eating or sharing a simple grain or fruit linked with the planet, on its weekday.
On Saturdays, include a little black sesame (sesame chutney or til-gud) or urad dal in a meal. The sesame–Saturn link is in the text; eating it is tradition.
When: Saturday, lunch or dinner
Do
Don't
The text mentions feeding Brahmins rice cooked with sesame for Saturn. Today's form (tradition): cook sesame rice or khichdi at home and serve it respectfully to someone in need, a worker or an elder.
When: Saturday, or whenever convenient
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 (with urad or sesame), or fruit and milk. Light a lamp in the evening and break the fast. Keep it only as far as it is comfortable.
When: Saturday; tradition starts from the first Saturday of Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
On both Ekadashis of the month, skip grains and eat fruit. It is a fast of overall self-discipline, not tied to one planet.
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. Spend a little time each day with an elder at home and listen to their advice.
When: Daily
In BPHS's 'cabinet of planets' Saturn holds the place of the servant. From this, tradition links Saturn with service, hard work and working people.
When: —
Speak respectfully to those who help at home or work (cleaners, drivers, domestic help, labourers) and pay them on time. Finish what you take up, patiently; keep to time and to your word.
When: Daily
Do
Don't
Clothes or flowers in the planet's colour on its weekday, and the direction linked with it.
Praśna Mārga, for an adverse transit, suggests clothes and flowers of the planet's colour; Saturn's is dark. If you like, wear something deep blue or black on Saturday, or offer blue flowers in worship.
When: Saturday
Don't
BPHS says Saturn gains strength in the west (dig bala). In tradition one faces west while doing Saturn's worship or japa.
When: During worship or japa
Do
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
Spend time at an old-age home, check on a lonely elderly neighbour, or give a labourer water and food. Service done by hand is linked with Saturn in tradition.
When: Saturday, or whenever possible
Do
Put out a roti (lightly brushed with mustard oil if you like) for crows on the roof, or give it to a dog.
When: Saturday
Don't
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
In BPHS, Shami is Saturn's havan wood, so Shami is taken as Saturn's tree. Plant one in a pot or water a nearby Shami; this care is tradition.
When: Saturday evening
Don't
On Saturday morning, pour a pot of water at a Peepal's roots. In North India this is a common Saturday tradition.
When: Saturday morning
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 (one mala). It is held to help steady the mind.
When: Saturday, morning or evening
Do
A beej mantra of the tantric tradition. 108 times, on a rudraksha or any mala.
When: Saturday, after sunset
In North-Indian practice the Hanuman Chalisa is read on Saturdays; the Shani Stotra attributed to Dasharatha is also read. Pick the one that feels natural.
When: Saturday
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
On Saturday evening, light one sesame- or mustard-oil lamp at your home shrine or under a Peepal.
When: Saturday, after sunset
Don't
On Saturday, visit a Hanuman or Shani temple; bow before Saturn at a Navagraha temple. As pilgrimage, people visit Thirunallar in Tamil Nadu (a Navagraha site) and Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra. It is a matter of faith.
When: Saturday
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
Look at your reflection in a small bowl of mustard oil and give that oil to someone in need or at a Shani temple.
When: Saturday
Don't
Respectfully give a labourer or sanitation worker food, water or something useful for their work.
When: Saturday, or any day
Lal Kitab asks one to stay away from alcohol and intoxicants for Saturn.
When: Always
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
BPHS names a black cow as Saturn's charity. It is a large gift of older times; no one today is bound to it.
When: —
Praśna Mārga names a black cow when Saturn's transit is adverse.
When: In the context of transits
A little fodder or service at a gaushala; or black sesame, urad, mustard oil, a blanket or footwear for someone in need. The ₹0 form: an hour's service at a gaushala.
When: Saturday evening
Do
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 pinch of black sesame and a little fennel to bath water (or soak overnight and strain in the morning). 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 the bichhu booti root (or in some places the Shami root) for Saturn. It is tied in dark or blue cloth and worn on the right arm or neck. Traditions differ.
When: Saturday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the seven-mukhi rudraksha with Saturn. 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 Shani 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 an iron image of Saturn, 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 23,000 recitations of Saturn's Vedic mantra (opening: शं नो देवीः…), after worshipping the planet. Learn a Vedic mantra from a teacher or pandit before reciting it.
When: Begin on a Saturday
BPHS gives Shami wood for Saturn'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, Saturn puja, japa and a short havan. The ₹251–₹2,100 range usually covers a sankalpa puja or a short japa; the full 23,000 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.
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 alternative to blue sapphire. In silver or panchdhatu, on the middle finger. Tradition suggests keeping it with you for 3–7 days first; remove it if anything feels wrong.
When: Saturday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
Listing the planets' gems, Praśna Mārga gives indranila (blue sapphire) for Saturn (in the context of transits). Silver or panchdhatu, middle finger, Saturday: this is tradition. Buy only with a lab certificate.
When: Saturday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
Eating or sharing a simple grain or fruit linked with the planet, on its weekday.
On Wednesday, include moong dal, moong chilla or sprouted moong in a meal.
When: Wednesday
Do
On Wednesday, add green foods such as spinach, bottle gourd, green peas or guava to your plate.
When: Wednesday
Don't
The planet's weekday fast or Ekadashi, within your health; ask a doctor if unwell, pregnant or on medicines.
On Wednesday, eat one simple meal (such as moong khichdi) or only fruit; remember Ganesha or Vishnu in the morning.
When: Wednesday, starting on a Shukla-paksha Wednesday
Do
Don't
Tradition links Mercury with devotion to Vishnu; on Ekadashi, keep a fruit fast or eat once, without grains.
When: Ekadashi of each fortnight
Don't
Everyday conduct tied to what the planet signifies: respect for elders, honesty, discipline.
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.
When: Daily
Phaladīpikā links Mercury with the learned man, the artisan, the clever accountant and the Vishnu devotee. So Mercury's remedies focus on study, writing and honest dealings (this form of conduct is tradition).
When: —
Think before you speak, don't mock anyone, keep your accounts clean, keep promises on time, and speak kindly to sisters, aunts and young children.
When: Daily
Do
Don't
Clothes or flowers in the planet's colour on its weekday, and the direction linked with it.
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga prescribes clothes and flowers of the planet's colour; Mercury's is green. On Wednesday wear something green, even a handkerchief or a border, and keep green leaves or durva in worship.
When: Wednesday
Do
Phaladīpikā gives north as Mercury's quarter. You may face north while studying or writing, and place Mercury on the north side in worship.
When: While studying or in worship
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
On Wednesday, feed green grass or green fodder to a cow, or at a nearby gaushala.
When: Wednesday
Don't
Keep soaked moong or bird grain and a bowl of clean water on the roof or balcony.
When: Wednesday or daily
Do
Don't
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
BPHS names apamarga as Mercury's samidh (sacred fuel) in havan, so tradition treats it as Mercury's plant. Plant it in a pot or yard, or water it where it grows (planting and watering are tradition).
When: Wednesday
Do
Tradition links Mercury with Vishnu; grow tulsi or any green plant at home and tend it on Wednesday.
When: Wednesday
Don't
The planet's name-mantra, beej mantra or a stotra, a few calm minutes a day.
After bathing in the morning, sit somewhere quiet and chant 'ॐ बुधाय नमः' 108 times (one mala).
When: Wednesday morning, or daily
Do
A beej mantra from the tantric tradition; chant it 108 times on Wednesday.
When: Wednesday
BPHS names Maha Vishnu as Mercury's presiding deity. Read or listen to the Vishnu Sahasranama on Wednesday (the choice of stotra is tradition).
When: Wednesday
Don't
Lighting a lamp on the planet's weekday or visiting a temple linked with it.
BPHS describes offering the planet flowers and cloth of its colour, sandal, a lamp and incense. On Wednesday evening, light a ghee lamp at your home shrine and place green durva.
When: Wednesday evening
Phaladīpikā counts 'the place where Vishnu is kept' among Mercury's places. Visit a Vishnu temple on Wednesday; in North India, visiting a Ganesha temple on Wednesday is also tradition.
When: Wednesday
Don't
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
Lal Kitab links Mercury with sisters, daughters and aunts. Meet them with affection, and now and then give a small green gift (green bangles or a handkerchief).
When: Wednesday
Lal Kitab links Mercury with the teeth; clean your teeth well every day (a habit, not a treatment; for any dental problem, see a dentist first).
When: Daily
On Wednesday, give a little whole moong at a temple or to someone in need.
When: Wednesday
Don't
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
Both BPHS (84.25) and Praśna Mārga name gold as Mercury's gift. This is information; don't go beyond your means.
When: Wednesday
On Wednesday, give moong dal or green vegetables to someone in need, or notebooks and pens to a student.
When: Wednesday
Do
Don't
BPHS lists grain (paddy) cooked in milk as Mercury's offering when feeding Brahmins. Today's form (tradition): feed kheer or milk-rice to someone in need.
When: Wednesday
A bath with water steeped in the planet's herbs; skip it if your skin reacts.
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga mentions pouring the planet's medicated water over the body.
When: —
Add a pinch of nutmeg powder, a few drops of honey and a little unbroken rice to a bucket of water and bathe. Lists differ between traditions.
When: Wednesday morning
Do
Don't
A plant root linked with the planet, worn in cloth or an amulet; traditions name different roots.
Tradition gives the vidhara root for Mercury: on Wednesday it is worn tied in green cloth or on a green thread on the arm.
When: Wednesday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the four-mukhi rudraksha with Mercury. Wear it on a red or green thread at the neck or wrist.
When: Wednesday
Do
Don't
The planet's number yantra on copper or bhojpatra, for the prayer place; no claims of power.
Place a Budh yantra on a copper plate or bhojpatra at your home shrine on Wednesday; remember it with durva and a lamp during worship.
When: Wednesday
Do
Don't
A pandit performs the planet's japa or havan with a sankalp in your name; agree the cost beforehand.
BPHS gives 9,000 as the japa count for Mercury's Vedic mantra (opening: 'उद्बुध्यस्व…'). A pandit takes the sankalpa, worships the planet and then does the japa; it is often spread over several days or pandits.
When: Begun on a Wednesday
BPHS prescribes apamarga sticks for Mercury's havan, with honey, ghee, curd or milk, in 108 or 28 offerings.
When: After the japa
Sankalpa, Ganesha puja, Mercury puja (green cloth and flowers), mantra japa and a small havan. Usually ₹251–₹2,100 (from a short puja to one with havan); the full 9,000 japa can cost more, so ask in writing first.
When: Wednesday
Don't
Only for the chart's functional benefic planets; the lower-cost uparatna first, then a certified ratna. No gem is necessary.
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 first. Worn in gold or bronze, on the little finger, on a Wednesday (uparatna, metal, finger and day: tradition).
When: Wednesday, Shukla paksha
Do
Praśna Mārga names 'garuda' (emerald) as Mercury's gem, in the context of adverse transits; wearing the gem of a chart's benefic planet is today's tradition. Gold or bronze, little finger, Wednesday (metal, finger and day: tradition).
When: Wednesday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
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