Sage Parasara says all good and bad experiences of living beings are under the control of the nine planets. Therefore one desirous of peace, prosperity, knowledge, longevity, health, power and the like should perform yajnas to propitiate these planets.
The general procedure involves chanting of the respective mantras of the planets for a particular number of times and ahutis amounting to one tenth of the number of chantings done. The ritual also involves daanam and brahmanabhojanam.
The number of chanting and the mantras are :
Planet
|
Mantra
|
Number of chanting
|
Surya
|
Aa krishnena / Aa satyena
|
7000
|
Chandra
|
Imam deva asapatnam / Apyaayasavasametu te
|
11000
|
Kuja
|
Agnirmoordhaa divah
|
10000
|
Budha
|
Udbudhyasva
|
19000
|
Brihaspati
|
Brihaspate adiyadaryo
|
19000
|
Sukra
|
Annat parisruto / prava sukraya
|
16000
|
Sani
|
Sanno deveerabhishtaya
|
23000
|
Rahu
|
Kayanaschitra
|
18000
|
Ketu
|
Ketum krinnanva ketave
|
17000
|