MANTRAS AND REMEDIES TO PROPITIATE PLANETS

The following below are powerful mantras and stotras to propitiate planets and reduce their negative effect in your birth chart.

Navgraha Mantra (Nine Planet Mantra)

This Mantra or Stotra is very beneficial and necessary to be chanted every day to balance all the planets in  your Vedic Birth chart

Sun
1.Worship the ruling deity Lord Shiva

2. Recite Aditya Hridaya stotra  or the Gayatri Mantra every day
3. Chanting of Sun’s Mantra Aum Hreem Suryaya Namah 6000 times in 40 days. Begin on a Shukla Paksha Sunday at sunrise.
4. Recite the Surya stotra:
Japa kusum sankasham kashyapeyam mahadhutim
Tamorim Sarva paapghnam pranatosmi Divakaram
5. Charity: Donate wheat or sugar candy on Sunday.
6. Fast on Sundays.
7. Puja: Rudrabhishek to Lord Shiva
8. Rudraksha: Wear 1 faced or 12 faced Rudraksha bead.

Moon

1. Worship the ruling deity Gouri.
2. Recite Chandra Kavach
3. Chant Aum Som Shreem Somaya Namah 10000 times in 40 days.
4. Recite the Chandra stotra:
Dadhi Shankha tushaarabham ksheero darnava sambhavam
Namaami shashinam somam shambhor mukuta bhushanam
5. Donate white cloth, cow’s milk or rice on Monday.
6. Fast on Mondays.
7. Puja: Devi puja. Devi rules the Moon
8. Wear a 2 faced Rudraksha.

Mars

1. Worship the ruling deities Kartikeya and Rudra.
The Kartikeya mantra is “Om Saravanabhavaya Namah”
The Rudra mantra is “Om Namo Rudraya”
2. Recite Mangal Kavach.
3. Japa of the Mars mantra: Aum Angarakaya Namah 7000 times in 40 days. Begin on a Shukla Paksha Tuesday.
4. Recite the Mars stotra:
Dharani garbha sambhutam vidyut kanti samaprabham
Kumaram shakti hastam tam mangalam pranamamyaham.
5. Charity: Donate Masoor dal( red lentils) on Tuesday and feed a Red colored cow with jaggery in dough.
6. Fast on Tuesdays.
7. Puja: Kartikeya pooja or Rudrabhishekha.
8. Wear a 3 faced Rudraksha.

Mars is also the remover of debts and the giver of wealth. The following is a highly recommended stotra of Mars for this purpose.

Angarakoyamaschaiva sarvarogaapahaarakah
Nrishtekargaacha hartaacha sarvadevascha poojitah.
Lohito Lohitaakshascha samagaana Kripaakarah
Dharmatmajah Kujobhoumou bhumido bhuminam
Rakta maalyambaradharam shulashakti gadaadharah
Charbhujo yeshagato varadamcha dharaasutah
Mangalo bhumiputrascha runahartaa dhanapradah
Sthiraasano mahaakaayo sarvakaama phalapradam

Mercury
1. Worship Mercury’s Adi Devata, Lord Vishnu.
2. Recite Vishnu Sahasranama or the 1000 names of Lord Vishnu every day.
3. Chant the Budha mantra: Aum Budhaya Namah, 17000 times in 40 days.
4.Recite the Budha stotra:
Priyangu Kalika Shyaamam Roopena Pratimam Budham
Soumyam Soumya gunopetam tam Budham Pranamamyaham.
5. Charity: Donate green cloth and Urad dal on Wednesday.
6. Fast on Wednesdays.
7. Puja: Vishnu pooja.
8. Wear a 10 faced Rudraksha.

Jupiter – Guru
1. Worship Lord Vishnu. Some scriptures mention Brihaspati to be a form of Lord Vishnu.
2. Recite the Shri Rudram – Lord Shiva is the overlord for Guru and Surya.
3. Recite the mantra Aum Gurave Namah 16000 times in 40 days or 108 times daily.
4. Recite the Guru stotra:
Devanam cha rishinam cha Gurum kaanchan Sannibhaam Buddhibhutam Trilokesham tam namaami Brihaspatim.
5. Donate Yellow cloth, Yellow rice and sweets, Saffron and turmeric to an old Brahmin on Thursdays.
6. Fast on Thursdays.
7. Puja: Rudrabhishekam.
8. Wear a 5 faced Rudraksha.

Venus

1. Worship Goddess Lakshmi, the overlord of Venus.
2. Recite the Durga chalisa or the Durga Sapta Shati (700 verses)
3. Japa of Shukra beeja mantra: Aum Shum Shukraya Namah, 20000 times in 40 days.
4. Recite the Shukra stotra:
Hima kunda mrinalaabham daityanam paramam gurum sarvshastra pravaktaram bhargavam pranamamyaham
5. Donate clothes to a lady on Friday.
6. Fast on Fridays.
7. Puja: Mahalakshmi Puja.
8. Wear a 9 faced Rudraksha.

Saturn

For Shani or Saturn related problems and during the dasha or antardasha of Shani and tough transits including Sade Sati.

1. Worship Lord Hanuman.
2. Recite the Hanuman chalisa.
3. Chant the Shani mantra: Aum Shum Shanaishcharaya Namah, 19000 times in 40 days. Begin on a Shukla Paksha Saturday evening.
4. Recite the Shani stotra:
Nelaanja samabhasam ravi putram yamagrajam Chaaya martand sambhutam tam namami shanaischaram
5. Donate black cloth, iron items, sesame oil, a buffalo or black til (sesame seeds) on Saturday.
6. Fast on Saturdays.
7. Puja: Hanuman Puja
8. Wear a 14 faced Rudraksha.

For all Saturn related troubles the following Shani Shodasanama stotra of King Dasharatha is an excellent remedy.

Konassanaischaromandah chhayaahridayanandanah
Maargandaja sudhaasouri neelavastraanjanadyutih
Abrahmanah kroora kroora karmaatangi grahanaayakah
Krishnodharmaanujah shantah shushkodara varapradah

Reciting the following Dashanama Stotra of Saturn by Dasharatha near a Peepal tree is also a highly recommended one.

Konastha pingalo babhruh
Krishnoroudraantako yamah
Souri,shanaischaro mandah
Pippaladishu sansthitah

Sani Kavacha

Rahu
1. Worship Goddess Durga the overlord of Rahu.
2. Recite the Kalabhairava ashtakam.
3. Chant the Rahu beeja mantra: Aum Ram Rahave Namah 18000 times in 40 days. Begin on a Shukla Paksha Saturday night.
4. Recite the Rahu stotra:
Ardha Kaayam mahaveeryam chandraditya vimardhanam
Simhika garbha sambhutam tam rahum pranamamyaham.
5. Donate: Urad dal or coconut on Saturday.
6. Fast on Saturdays.
7. Puja: Bhairava, Shiva or Chandi Path Homa.
8. Wear An 8 faced Rudraksha.
9. A really effective remedy for Rahu is reciting the first chapter of the Durga Saptashati.

Ketu
1. Worship Lord Ganesha.
2. Recite the Ganesha Dwadashanama Stotra.
3. Chant the mantra Aum Kem Ketave Namah 7000 times in 40 days. Begin on a Shukla Paksha Tuesday.
4. Recite the Ketu stotra:
Palash pushpa samkaasham taraka graha mastakam
Roudram roudratmakam ghoram tam ketum Pranamamyaham.
5. Donate: A black cow or black mustard seeds on Thursday.
6. Fast on Thursdays.
7. Puja: Ganapati Homa
8. Wear a 9 faced Rudraksha.
9. A very good remedy for Ketu is reciting the Shiva Panchakshari Stotra.

Gayatri Mantra of planets

Sun: Om Bhaskaraya Vidmahe Mahadyutikaraya Dhimahi Tanno Aditya Prachodayat
Moon: Om Ksheeraputraya Vidmahe Amruta-tatvaya Dhimahi Tanno Chandra Prachodayat
Mars: Om Angarakaya Vidmahe Sakti Hastaya Dhimahi Tanno Bhaumah Prachodayat
Saturn: Om Neelanjanaya Vidmahe Chhayamartandaya Dhimahi Tanno Shani Prachodayat

Planetary remedies from Valmiki Ramayana:

The reciting of various chapters of the Valmiki Ramayana is prescribed in many scriptures as a remedy for various evils. The Uma Samhita
prescribes reading once a day some canto to the other from Valmiki Ramayana for different Mahadasha to bring benefits of the Grahas.

Ravi: Bala kanda, 73rd chapter
Chandra: Sundara kanda, 5th chapter
Kuja: Bala kanda 36th and 37th chapter
Rahu: Yuddha kanda, 75th chapter
Guru: Sundra kanda, 11th chapter
Shani: Bala kanda, 30th chapter
Budha: Sundara kanda, 35th chapter
Ketu: Ayodhya kanda, 50th chapter
Shukra: Sundara kanda, 36th chapter

I hope the mantras, stotras, kavachas and remedies help you. My original goal was to include the Vedic ‘Gayatri Mantras’ only. I have embedded the ones I found and will update the mantra and stotra videos as I find them.

Hare Rama Krsna