Lal Kitab Remedies
Lal Kitab offers a vast array of remedies, often very practical and unique, designed to mitigate the malefic effects of planets and enhance benefic ones. While listing exactly 100 distinct remedies without specific planetary or house afflictions is challenging (as remedies are highly individualized), here’s a comprehensive list categorized for clarity, encompassing general advice and common remedies for various planetary issues.
100 Lal Kitab Remedies
Below is a comprehensive list of 100 remedies (upay) from Lal Kitab by Pandit Roop Chand Joshi, designed to mitigate negative planetary influences and enhance positive effects. These remedies are simple, practical, and use household items, aligning with Lal Kitab’s philosophy of affordability and accessibility. Organized by planet and general remedies, they address various life aspects like health, wealth, relationships, and obstacles. Always perform remedies with faith and consult an astrologer for specific planetary placements in your horoscope.
Remedies for Sun (Surya)
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Offer water to the Sun at sunrise daily, mixing sugar or jaggery.
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Donate wheat or red copper on Sundays.
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Wear a ruby or copper ring after consulting an astrologer.
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Avoid eating non-vegetarian food on Sundays.
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Respect your father or father-like figures.
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Keep a red cloth in your pocket for confidence.
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Feed monkeys with jaggery on Sundays.
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Place a copper coin in a red pouch under your pillow.
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Avoid wearing black clothes on Sundays.
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Recite the Surya mantra: Om Hram Hreem Hroum Sah Suryaya Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Moon (Chandra)
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Keep a silver item (e.g., coin or ring) in your wallet.
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Donate milk or rice to the poor on Mondays.
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Drink water from a silver glass for mental peace.
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Avoid wasting water, especially at night.
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Respect your mother or maternal figures.
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Keep a white handkerchief for emotional stability.
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Float white flowers in a river on Mondays.
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Wear a pearl or moonstone after consultation.
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Store rainwater in a silver vessel at home.
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Recite the Chandra mantra: Om Shram Shreem Shroum Sah Chandraya Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Mars (Mangal)
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Plant a neem or pomegranate tree and care for it.
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Donate red lentils (masoor dal) on Tuesdays.
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Wear a coral ring on your ring finger after consultation.
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Avoid harming brothers or siblings.
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Keep a red cloth or handkerchief in your pocket.
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Offer sweets made of jaggery to temples on Tuesdays.
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Feed birds with red grains or pulses.
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Avoid using sharp objects carelessly on Tuesdays.
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Wear red clothes to boost courage.
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Recite the Mangal mantra: Om Kram Kreem Kroum Sah Bhaumaya Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Mercury (Budh)
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Feed green fodder to cows on Wednesdays.
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Donate green moong dal to the needy.
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Wear an emerald ring after astrological advice.
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Gift green clothes to young girls.
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Avoid harming parrots or green birds.
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Keep a green cloth in your study or workplace.
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Offer green vegetables to temples on Wednesdays.
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Pierce your nose (if culturally appropriate) to strengthen Mercury.
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Gift books or stationery to students.
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Recite the Budh mantra: Om Bram Breem Broum Sah Budhaya Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Jupiter (Guru)
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Donate yellow items (turmeric, gram dal) on Thursdays.
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Respect teachers, elders, or gurus.
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Wear a yellow sapphire or topaz after consultation.
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Apply saffron or turmeric tilak on your forehead.
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Feed bananas to cows or the poor on Thursdays.
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Keep a yellow cloth in your wallet or purse.
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Donate books on spirituality or religion.
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Avoid cutting peepal or banyan trees.
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Wear yellow clothes for wisdom and prosperity.
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Recite the Guru mantra: Om Gram Greem Groum Sah Gurave Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Venus (Shukra)
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Donate white items (sugar, rice, milk) on Fridays.
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Gift perfumes or scented items to women.
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Wear a diamond or white opal after consultation.
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Keep a white silk cloth in your bedroom.
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Offer white flowers to a temple on Fridays.
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Respect your spouse or partner.
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Feed cows with white bread or milk.
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Avoid wearing dark colors on Fridays.
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Apply itr (perfume) regularly for charm.
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Recite the Shukra mantra: Om Dram Dreem Droum Sah Shukraya Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Saturn (Shani)
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Feed crows with bread or roti on Saturdays.
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Donate mustard oil after seeing your reflection in it.
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Wear a blue sapphire or amethyst after consultation.
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Offer black sesame seeds to the poor.
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Avoid harming black animals (e.g., dogs or buffaloes).
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Keep a black cloth in your pocket for discipline.
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Donate iron items (e.g., utensils) on Saturdays.
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Serve laborers or workers with food or tea.
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Light a mustard oil lamp under a peepal tree.
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Recite the Shani mantra: Om Pram Preem Proum Sah Shanaye Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Rahu
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Float a coconut in flowing water on Saturdays.
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Donate black or blue clothes to the needy.
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Wear a hessonite (gomed) ring after consultation.
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Avoid alcohol, tobacco, or intoxicants.
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Feed black dogs regularly.
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Keep a blue handkerchief in your pocket.
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Offer coal or black grams to a river.
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Avoid wearing black shoes on important occasions.
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Bury a piece of coal in an isolated place.
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Recite the Rahu mantra: Om Bhram Bhreem Bhroum Sah Rahave Namah (108 times).
Remedies for Ketu
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Feed brown or stray dogs with roti or milk.
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Donate sesame seeds or blankets on Thursdays.
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Wear a cat’s eye (lehsunia) after consultation.
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Offer seven types of grains to birds.
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Keep a multicolored cloth in your pocket.
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Avoid harming snakes or reptiles.
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Donate mustard seeds or black-and-white items.
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Light a sesame oil lamp in a temple.
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Serve lepers or the disabled with food or clothes.
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Recite the Ketu mantra: Om Stram Streem Stroum Sah Ketave Namah (108 times).
General Remedies
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Avoid harming animals, especially during remedies.
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Perform charity to the poor or disabled regularly.
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Keep your home clean to avoid negative energies.
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Avoid accepting free gifts or favors.
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Wear clean clothes during remedies for effectiveness.
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Float items in flowing water to remove bad karma.
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Bury negative items (e.g., coal, salt) in isolated areas.
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Offer food to guests or strangers for blessings.
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Avoid remedies during inauspicious times (e.g., Rahu Kaal).
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Consult an astrologer to tailor remedies to your horoscope.
Notes
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Remedies should be performed with faith and consistency (e.g., 43 days).
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Use items specific to your planetary placements for best results.
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Avoid combining remedies for conflicting planets (e.g., Sun and Saturn).
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Verify remedies with authentic Lal Kitab texts (e.g., 1952 edition) or experts.
Lal Kitab: 100 Remedies
Lal Kitab offers a variety of simple, practical remedies (upayas) meant to neutralize or reduce malefic planetary effects. These are typically easy to execute, require everyday items, and are rooted in charity, cleanliness, and behavioral rectitude. Remedies are best when aligned with one’s chart, but many are broadly recommended for planetary afflictions.
General Rules and Precautions
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Begin important tasks after eating something sweet, then drink water.
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Do not accept gifts or items in charity unnecessarily.
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Never keep broken clocks, watches, or inverted vessels at home—repair or discard them.
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Keep kitchen and roof clean; avoid accumulating waste or old objects.
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Start new activities in auspicious timings (muhurats).
Remedies by Planet
Sun (Surya)
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Flow jaggery (gur) in running water.
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Eat sweet before starting critical work.
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Worship Lord Vishnu.
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Maintain good relations with your mother.
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Avoid dealing in or consuming alcohol.
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Stay away from stolen goods and maintain good character.
Moon (Chandra)
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Place water or milk at bedside, pour at acacia or babool root in the morning.
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Get mother’s blessings; touch her feet daily.
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Do not engage in business dealing with milk if Moon is in Aries.
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Avoid selling milk or water.
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For emotional instability, keep a glass of water near your bed and pour over plants in the morning.
Mars (Mangal)
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Flow til-gur (sesame-jaggery) sweets in running water for 43 days.
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Grow and nurture a neem or peepal tree.
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Distribute sweets, feed the poor.
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Give food or alms to young girls.
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Avoid cutting peepal or other sacred trees.
Mercury (Budh)
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Flow copper coins (with hole) in running water for 43 days.
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Donate rice and milk in temples.
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Help unmarried girls.
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Clean teeth with alum (fitkari).
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Keep silver square plate or copper coin with you.
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Do not keep broad-leaf plants indoors.
Jupiter (Guru)
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Apply turmeric tilak on forehead.
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Nurture peepal or banana plants.
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Respect guests and practice charity.
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Feed yellow foods or donate yellow garments.
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Avoid keeping large idols if Jupiter is in 7th house.
Venus (Shukra)
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Donate ghee in temples.
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Feed cows with green fodder, potatoes, turmeric.
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Keep surroundings clean, especially in the marital bedroom.
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Avoid wearing dirty clothes.
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Donate white sweets or cosmetic items to women in need.
Saturn (Shani)
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Donate oil in which you can see your reflection.
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Donate radish regularly, especially on Saturdays.
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Throw barley/wheat in flowing water (use body weight if for long illness).
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Feed the poor, help the downtrodden.
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Do not keep iron or waste on roof.
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Avoid electrical misuse or disrespecting elders.
Rahu
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Keep radish by your bedside at night, donate next morning.
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Throw barley or wheat in flowing water.
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Donate blankets and feed goats.
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Apply saffron tilak on forehead.
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Avoid keeping ivory; prefer joint family setup over nuclear.
Ketu
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Feed dogs with chapatis or bread with oil.
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Keep a black-and-white dog at home.
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Donate woolen blankets in temples.
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Ganesh Puja is highly effective for Ketu afflictions.
Miscellaneous Remedies
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Bathe in sacred rivers or ponds as often as practical.
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Use fennel seeds or sugar in a red pouch under your pillow for sleep issues.
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Respect women, elders, saints, and servants.
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Never keep spoiled or non-working electrical items.
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Keep kitchen close to dining; always eat freshly cooked food.
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For marital conflict, extinguish the fire with raw milk (not water).
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Wear a copper or silver coin as a pendant for certain planetary afflictions.
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Have your nose pierced for Mercury afflictions (preferably Wednesday).
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Donate Sattu (roasted flour) and leafy green vegetables on Saturn’s periods.
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Feed birds with a mixture of seven grains if troubled by Rahu.
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For job and wealth: water a plumeria (champa) plant daily.
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If sick, donate food or medicines to the needy.
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Perform acts of charity without expecting anything in return.
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Wash peepal or banyan leaves with milk and float them away for Mercury/Jupiter afflictions.
Additional Practical Upayas
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Prefer donating mustard oil or black gram for Saturn-related disorders.
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Clean surroundings regularly to avoid stagnant luck.
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Donate red lentils to sweepers for Saturn or Mars afflictions.
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Keep your hair tied and clean for Saturn and Rahu.
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Wear white cap when stepping out in Sun (Sun affliction).
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Maintain a square-shaped silver item on yourself if facing continued misfortune.
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Always keep your promises when performing remedies.
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Participate in community service for Jupiter’s favor.
Key Representative Actions
Planet | Charity/Offering | Object in Water | Other Upaya |
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Sun | Jaggery | Jaggery | Good relations w/ mother |
Moon | Milk, silver | Milk/water | Respect to mother |
Mars | Sweets, red cloth | Sweets, red items | Plant sacred trees |
Mercury | Rice/milk | Copper coin | Donate to girls |
Jupiter | Yellow food/clothes | Banana/peepal leaves | Turmeric tilak |
Venus | Cow fodder, ghee | White sweets | Feed cows/women |
Saturn | Oil, radish, black gram | Wheat/barley/oil | Help poor, clean hair |
Rahu | Blanket, barley | Barley/wheat | Feed goats, dogs |
Ketu | Bread, blanket | Coal | Feed black-white dogs |
Apply remedies continuously for 43 days for best results if not otherwise specified.
Avoid mixing too many remedies; target only afflicted planets as per the chart.
Faith, charity, and honest conduct are essential for remedies to work effectively.
Always consult a knowledgeable practitioner before applying specific remedies for complex issues.
These remedies represent the heart of Lal Kitab’s unique blend of actionable, accessible astrology.
Here are 100 remedies from the original Lal Kitab, organized by planets, houses, and conditions, designed to pacify malefic effects and strengthen benefic influences. These remedies are simple, practical, and non-religious in nature, as emphasized by Pandit Roop Chand Joshi.
Sun Remedies (1–10)
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Offer water to the rising Sun in a copper vessel.
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Float copper coins in flowing water for 43 days.
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Keep red cloth with you.
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Feed wheat and jaggery to monkeys.
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Do not accept donations or gifts from in-laws.
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Avoid meat and alcohol.
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Keep your father’s respect intact; obey him.
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Do not wear dark colors regularly.
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Avoid salty food on Sundays.
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Keep a red stone (like ruby) in a copper ring (if advised).
Moon Remedies (11–20)
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Donate milk on Mondays.
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Keep a silver glass for drinking water.
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Feed rice or milk to cows.
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Offer water to the Moon on full moon nights.
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Keep a silver coin in your pocket.
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Sleep with a glass of water under your bed and pour it in a tree the next morning.
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Don’t keep dirty or unused utensils at home.
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Maintain good relationship with your mother.
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Wear white on Mondays.
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Avoid milk at night.
Mars Remedies (21–30)
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Keep red lentils in a red pouch with you.
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Feed sweets to dogs.
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Give gram (chana) dal to monkeys.
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Bury honey in a mud pot at a deserted place.
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Avoid red clothes and red meat.
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Offer sindoor (vermilion) to Lord Hanuman.
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Feed jaggery and chapatis to bulls.
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Plant pomegranate tree.
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Don’t keep knives under your pillow.
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Control anger and avoid quarrels.
Mercury Remedies (31–40)
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Donate green clothes, bangles, or moong dal on Wednesdays.
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Feed green fodder to cows.
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Keep parrots as pets (if feasible).
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Avoid telling lies or using foul language.
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Wear green thread on right wrist (if male).
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Avoid milk and alcohol.
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Float copper nails in running water.
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Do not keep a damaged watch or clock.
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Offer Durva grass to Lord Ganesha.
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Donate stationery to poor children.
Jupiter Remedies (41–50)
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Offer turmeric to a river or flowing water.
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Donate yellow clothes and sweets on Thursdays.
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Keep saffron or turmeric in a yellow cloth in your pocket.
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Feed cows with chapatis smeared with turmeric.
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Plant a banana tree.
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Respect and serve gurus or teachers.
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Avoid non-veg and alcohol.
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Don’t speak ill of others.
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Wear yellow on Thursdays.
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Keep gold or brass items at home.
Venus Remedies (51–60)
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Donate curd, white clothes, or sugar on Fridays.
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Feed cows with jaggery and rice.
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Keep your bedroom clean and decorated.
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Avoid using leather or fur products.
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Do not disrespect women.
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Keep perfume or ittar with you.
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Avoid extra-marital affairs.
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Offer milk to Shivling on Fridays.
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Float rice in running water.
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Avoid black and blue clothes on Fridays.
Saturn Remedies (61–70)
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Feed crows regularly.
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Donate mustard oil, black sesame, or iron.
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Offer mustard oil to Shani temple on Saturdays.
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Keep iron nails under your bed for sleep issues.
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Offer chapatis with mustard oil to dogs.
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Keep house entrance clean.
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Avoid consuming alcohol.
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Do not be cruel to servants or animals.
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Wear black or blue on Saturdays (if Saturn is benefic).
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Avoid hoarding useless items.
Rahu Remedies (71–80)
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Keep a square piece of silver with you.
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Feed stray dogs regularly.
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Avoid keeping electrical junk at home.
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Donate mustard oil or blankets to the poor.
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Don’t lie or indulge in deceit.
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Float barley in flowing water.
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Keep a black dog as a pet (if possible).
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Avoid intoxication and gambling.
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Clean your drains regularly.
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Don’t build a toilet in the north-east corner of your home.
Ketu Remedies (81–90)
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Keep a dog or feed dogs (especially black or white ones).
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Donate blankets or multi-colored cloths.
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Bury a silver wire in the soil near home.
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Offer bananas or jaggery to monkeys.
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Stay away from superstitions.
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Don’t keep bones or ivory at home.
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Apply saffron on your forehead daily.
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Help disabled or blind people.
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Avoid red clothes if Ketu is malefic.
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Keep a yellow or white dog figurine in the south direction.
General Remedies by Condition/House (91–100)
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For debt – Float coconut in flowing water on Tuesday.
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For childlessness – Offer milk to Peepal tree regularly.
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For job problems – Feed flour balls to fish.
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For marriage delays – Wear clean clothes and avoid broken mirrors.
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For health issues – Donate sweets at a temple.
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For peace – Keep raw turmeric tied in yellow cloth at home altar.
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For enemies – Place mustard seeds in a cloth and hang above door.
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For education – Use sandalwood paste while studying.
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For bad dreams – Keep iron under pillow or near bed.
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For family harmony – Light ghee lamp daily in east direction of home.
Note:
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Remedies should be done consistently (often for 43 days).
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Do not perform remedies for all planets at once.
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Consult an astrologer if unsure which planet is malefic.
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Avoid disclosing remedies while doing them.
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Never mix religious rituals unless clearly advised.