A peaceful home comes from living well together. Tradition links home and family with the 4th house, the Moon and Jupiter; below are options starting at ₹0. The choice is yours.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 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
Eating or sharing a simple grain or fruit linked with the planet, on its weekday.
On Thursday, include chana dal, besan kadhi or besan chilla in a meal.
When: Thursday
Do
On Thursday, add yellow foods such as turmeric, banana, papaya or mango.
When: Thursday
Don't
The planet's weekday fast or Ekadashi, within your health; ask a doctor if unwell, pregnant or on medicines.
On Thursday, eat one simple yellow meal (such as chana dal or besan); remember Vishnu in the morning, and you may read or hear the Thursday vrat katha.
When: Thursday, starting on a Shukla-paksha Thursday
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Don't
Tradition links Jupiter 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
Among the house karakas, Phaladīpikā names Jupiter for the 5th (children) and 9th (dharma, fortune). So Jupiter's remedies focus on respect for children, teachers and dharma (this form of conduct is tradition).
When: —
Remember your teachers, mentors and elders; meet or call them now and then; teach children patiently; when you advise someone, do it honestly.
When: Daily, especially Thursday
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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; Jupiter's is yellow. On Thursday wear something yellow, even a handkerchief, and keep yellow flowers in worship.
When: Thursday
Do
Phaladīpikā gives the north-east as Jupiter's quarter. You may face north-east in worship or study, and keep the north-east corner of the home clean.
When: In worship or study
Feeding cows, dogs, birds or ants, serving elders and people in need; never harming any creature.
On Thursday, do a small task for an elder at home, a teacher or a holy person; sit with them and listen.
When: Thursday
On Thursday, feed a cow or at a gaushala a little soaked chana dal with a piece of jaggery.
When: Thursday
Don't
Watering or planting the tree linked with the planet (e.g. shami for Saturn, peepal for Jupiter).
BPHS names peepal as Jupiter's samidh in havan, and Phaladīpikā also counts the aśvattha (peepal) among Jupiter's places. On Thursday, water a peepal's roots or plant one in an open space (watering and planting are tradition).
When: Thursday morning
Do
Folk practice links the banana plant with Jupiter; on Thursday, water it, with a pinch of turmeric in the water.
When: Thursday
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 बृहस्पतये नमः' 108 times (one mala).
When: Thursday morning, or daily
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A beej mantra from the tantric tradition; chant it 108 times on Thursday.
When: Thursday
Read or listen to the Vishnu Sahasranama on Thursday.
When: Thursday
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 Thursday, light a ghee lamp at your home shrine or beside a banana plant (the ghee lamp is tradition).
When: Thursday evening
On Thursday, visit a Vishnu temple or a Navagraha temple for Brihaspati's darshan, and offer yellow flowers.
When: Thursday
Don't
Simple, harmless totke from Lal Kitab (a separate tradition); nothing that harms rivers, animals or property.
After bathing, put a small tilak of saffron or turmeric on the forehead.
When: Daily or Thursday
Don't
Lal Kitab links Jupiter with the father, grandfather and teachers; respect them and seek their blessing on Thursday.
When: Thursday
On Thursday, give a little chana dal or turmeric at a temple.
When: Thursday
Don't
Giving a small item linked with the planet, within your means, to someone in need on its weekday.
BPHS (84.25) names robes as Jupiter's gift, and Praśna Mārga names yellow silk. This is information; don't go beyond your means.
When: Thursday
On Thursday, give chana dal and turmeric to someone in need or at a temple, or a book to a child.
When: Thursday
Don't
BPHS lists curd and rice as Jupiter's offering when feeding Brahmins. Today's form (tradition): feed curd rice to someone in need.
When: Thursday
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 turmeric, a little liquorice root and a few yellow mustard seeds to a bucket of water and bathe. Lists differ between traditions.
When: Thursday morning
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Don't
A plant root linked with the planet, worn in cloth or an amulet; traditions name different roots.
Tradition gives the banana root (or a whole turmeric knot) for Jupiter: on Thursday it is worn tied in yellow cloth or on a yellow thread on the arm.
When: Thursday, Shukla paksha
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Don't
The rudraksha of the planet's mukhi (e.g. 7-mukhi for Saturn), with a genuineness check.
Tradition links the five-mukhi rudraksha with Jupiter. Wear it on a yellow or red thread at the neck or wrist. It is the most common rudraksha, so the price should be modest.
When: Thursday
Do
Don't
The planet's number yantra on copper or bhojpatra, for the prayer place; no claims of power.
Place a Guru yantra on a copper plate or bhojpatra at your home shrine on Thursday; remember it with yellow flowers and a lamp during worship.
When: Thursday
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Don't
A pandit performs the planet's japa or havan with a sankalp in your name; agree the cost beforehand.
BPHS gives 19,000 as the japa count for Jupiter's Vedic mantra (opening: 'बृहस्पते अति यदर्यो…'). 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 Thursday
BPHS prescribes peepal sticks for Jupiter's havan, with honey, ghee, curd or milk, in 108 or 28 offerings.
When: After the japa
Sankalpa, Ganesha puja, Brihaspati puja (yellow cloth and flowers, chana dal), mantra japa and a small havan. Usually ₹251–₹2,100 (from a short puja to one with havan); the full 19,000 japa can cost more, so ask in writing first.
When: Thursday
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, on the index finger, on a Thursday (uparatna, metal, finger and day: tradition).
When: Thursday, Shukla paksha
Do
Praśna Mārga names 'pushyaraga' (yellow sapphire) as Jupiter's gem, in the context of adverse transits; wearing the gem of a chart's benefic planet is today's tradition. Gold, index finger, Thursday (metal, finger and day: tradition).
When: Thursday, Shukla paksha
Do
Don't
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