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Kaunsa upay karu? Remedies, mantras and fasts in Jyotish — and what they cost

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The most asked category after timing. An upay is the tradition's answer to a hard period: strengthen the graha whose period it is, on its own day, with its mantra, its fast and what it governs given in charity. Here is the system, the questions people ask, and the free practices the app lists.

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Make your kundli — 'What to do' names your grahas and their upayToday's panchang — the day's lord and its practice
How Jyotish reads it

Which houses, which grahas

  1. A remedy is aimed at a graha, not a problem: the lord of the running dasha, the lord of the afflicted house, or the graha causing the affliction — and only when that graha is weak or afflicted. A strong graha, exalted or in its own sign, is given no remedy; strengthening it further is not advised. Each weak graha has a day, a mantra, a fast and a charity; that is the classical upay.

  2. The Lal Kitab tradition adds everyday, low-cost remedies — a copper coin in flowing water, feeding a cow, respecting a relative the graha stands for — which the app lists beside the classical ones.

  3. Gemstones are a strengthening remedy and can strengthen the wrong graha; the texts are careful about them. This site recommends none, and the app sells none.

  4. The best upay is the one done: a Saturday lamp for Saturn kept for months is read as worth more than a ritual done once.

The answers

What the chart can say

Every question here is one of a few kinds. The tradition has a way of reading each kind; this is it, in the words the app uses.

What upay should I do?

The remedy for any matter is the upay of the graha behind it — the dasha lord, or the lord of the house concerned. The kundli tool names both and lists their classical and Lal Kitab practices; every one is free and done at home.

What should I do?

Start with the dasha lord's day: its mantra, a simple fast if you can, and its charity. Add the lagna lord. The app's graha guide gives the exact practice for each of the nine.

Will it happen?

Whether an upay works is not something the tradition promises; it describes the practice as strengthening the graha over time. What a reading can say is which graha needs it, and that a gemstone is not the first step.

Answered from your kundli

What people actually ask

64 questions on remedies and upay, 853 ways of asking them. Tap one and it is read from your own kundli, in the chat at the top of this page.

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What to do

The upay the tradition gives

A remedy is aimed at a graha, and only at a weak or afflicted one — a strong graha needs none. These are the grahas most often behind this topic, with the free practices the Jyotish app lists; the kundli tool checks whether yours are weak before it suggests any.

  • Saturn · Saturday

    the graha most remedies are asked for

    Vedic: Light a mustard-oil lamp under a peepal tree on Saturdays and chant "Om Sham Shanaischaraya Namah".

    Lal Kitab: Avoid alcohol and meat, and give mustard oil in charity on Saturdays.

  • Rahu · Saturday

    the second most

    Vedic: Chant "Om Rahave Namah" and worship Durga.

    Lal Kitab: Keep a solid silver ball with you, and float coconut in flowing water.

  • Sun · Sunday

    the simplest daily practice

    Vedic: Offer water to the rising Surya and chant the Aditya Hridayam on Sundays.

    Lal Kitab: Respect your father, and throw a copper coin into flowing water.

Free practices, done at home, for a graha that is weak in your chart; nothing is sold and no gemstone or puja is recommended. Not medical, financial or legal advice.

More questions people ask

All topics on the Questions page; the tools on the Astrology page.