Ashtangahridayasamhita 84

84

niśi cātyayike kārye daṇḍī maulī sahāya-vān |
caitya-pūjya-dhvajā-śasta-cchāyā-bhasma-tuṣā-śucīn || 33 ||

And at night, in case of urgent business, [one should go] holding a staff, with head covered, and with a companion; / the shadow of a shrine, of a venerable person, or of a flag, unpropitious shadows, ash, chaff, and impure things,