Budh Beej Mantra Jaap — 9,000 Count, Vidhi, Benefits and Booking in Ujjain

The beej (seed) mantra of Budh (Mercury) is:For a full Budh Shanti Jaap, it is recited 9,000 times — the count prescribed for Budh (Mercury) — followed by a havan of one tenth of that number. Our pandits in Ujjain perform it with the sankalp in your name and gotra, on a Wednesday, the day kept for Budh (Mercury).

Budh (Mercury) is the karaka of speech, intellect, memory, trade and analytical judgement. The jaap is usually taken up in these situations:

• Running a Budh mahadasha or antardasha
• Trouble with studies, concentration or memory
• Losses in trade from errors, contracts or miscommunication
• Hesitation in speech or nervousness
• Mercury debilitated in Pisces, combust, or joined by Rahu or Ketu

Budh (Mercury)’s mahadasha lasts 17 years in the Vimshottari system, which is why the remedy is so often taken up during it.

Each of the nine grahas has its own jaap count, based on the number of syllables and the tradition of the mantra; for Budh (Mercury) it is 9,000. The texts also say that in Kaliyug a jaap should be done four times over — hence the second count of 36,000, done by 10 pandits, for a long dasha or a heavier affliction. Neither count is a guarantee; a larger count is a larger prayer. See the jaap counts of all nine grahas side by side.

• Sankalp — your name, gotra and the purpose are stated
• Ganesh pujan and navagraha sthapana, then Budh (Mercury) is invoked
• 9,000 recitations of the beej mantra, shared among 3 pandits and counted on the mala
• Dashansh havan — a tenth of the count offered into the fire — then tarpan, marjan and brahman bhojan

You do not need to be in Ujjain: the sankalp is taken in your name, you can watch on a video call, and prasad is sent to your address. The date is fixed by the panchang and told to you before you pay.

• Offer durva grass to Ganesha on Wednesdays.
• Give green moong, green cloth or fodder for cows in charity on a Wednesday.
• Chant Om Bum Budhaya Namah 108 times on Wednesdays.

If you chant the beej mantra yourself, 108 times a day on a rudraksha mala, with a steady mind, is the usual practice.

Not everyone going through a hard time has an afflicted Budh (Mercury). Whether this jaap is the right remedy is read in your own kundli — check it free in Find Your Puja: enter your birth details and the problem, and the kundli is read for it. A student before exams often pairs it with Ganesh Puja. To book: Budh Shanti Jaap in Ujjain, from ₹5,500.