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Remedies (Gemstone, Mantra, Daan)उपाय

Traditional Vedic prescriptions — gemstones, mantras, and charitable donations — associated with each of the 9 planets, suggested for planets identified as weak or afflicted in your chart (via low Shadbala, combustion, unfavorable retrograde status, or an active difficult Dasha).

In practice

Each planet's remedy set includes a specific gemstone (with recommended metal, finger, weight, and day to wear it), a mantra (with a suggested repetition count and day), and specific items to donate — drawn from classical sources including Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Lal Kitab, and Jataka Parijata.

How it's calculated

A planet is flagged as needing remedy based on a combination of low Shadbala score, combustion, unfavorable retrograde motion, or being the lord of a current difficult Dasha period — the specific gemstone/mantra/donation set is then looked up from a fixed classical per-planet table.

Gemstone remedies carry real financial and, in rare cases, physical stakes for a reader who acts on them — this entry explains the classical concept faithfully but should not be read as a substitute for consulting a qualified astrologer before wearing an unfamiliar gemstone.