How this remedy works
Mantra is the safest of the classical remedies: it can be started today, costs nothing, and cannot be worn against the chart the way a stone can. The Sankhya — the prescribed number of repetitions — is completed over weeks, beginning with one mala of 108 a day and building up. Sincerity matters more than arithmetic.
The Mangal mantra is chanted on Tuesday, though the Hanuman Chalisa is the more commonly prescribed daily practice for an afflicted Mars.