Rahu (North Node)

Bathe in the evening. Add a few black sesame seeds to the bathing water. Wear clean dark blue or dark-coloured clothes.

Sit facing south-west. Hold water with durva grass and black sesame in the right palm. State your name, gotra, and intention to pacify Rahu.

Place a vessel filled with water on a bed of black sesame. Add durva grass, sandalwood paste, and a whole coconut on top. Cover with blue cloth.

Invoke Rahu by lighting the ghee lamp and offering blue flowers, durva grass, and sandalwood paste. Recite "Om Rahave Namah" three times.

Chant the Rahu Beej Mantra 18,000 times (or 108 times minimum). Use a hessonite (gomed) or dark sandalwood mala. Meditate on a dark, smoke-coloured orb.

Offer the whole coconut into flowing water (river or stream) while chanting the Rahu Gayatri. If no river is accessible, place it at a temple.

Donate coconut and blue cloth to the needy. Black sesame, blankets, and iron items are also effective Rahu daan. Help those suffering from addiction or mental illness.

Pray to Rahu and Goddess Durga (Rahu's presiding deity) for protection from illusions, sudden misfortunes, and negative influences. Perform namaskar.