Surya Beej Mantra Jaap — 7,000 Count, Vidhi, Benefits and Booking in Ujjain

The beej (seed) mantra of Surya (the Sun) is:For a full Surya Shanti Jaap, it is recited 7,000 times — the count prescribed for Surya (the Sun) — 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 Sunday, the day kept for Surya (the Sun).

Surya (the Sun) is the karaka of the soul, self-confidence, career and standing, the father, and dealings with government. The jaap is usually taken up in these situations:

• Running a Surya mahadasha or antardasha that has brought setbacks
• The Sun debilitated in Libra, or joined by Saturn or Rahu in the kundli
• Work that is not recognised, trouble with seniors or government matters
• Strain in the relationship with the father, or with his health
• A steady loss of confidence and direction

Surya (the Sun)’s mahadasha lasts 6 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 Surya (the Sun) it is 7,000. The texts also say that in Kaliyug a jaap should be done four times over — hence the second count of 28,000, done by 8 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 Surya (the Sun) is invoked
• 7,000 recitations of the beej mantra, shared among 2 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 water to the rising Sun each morning (arghya) from a copper vessel.
• Read the Aditya Hridaya Stotra on Sundays.
• Give wheat, jaggery or copper in charity on a Sunday.

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 Surya (the Sun). 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. Where the Sun is eclipsed by Rahu or Ketu in the kundli, the remedy read for is Grahan Dosh Puja. To book: Surya Shanti Jaap in Ujjain, from ₹5,100.