[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Times of rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala) › [Works of the Bhaṭṭa family of Vārāṇasī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta) › [Kalamayukha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha) › 11.p9.3 # Kalamayukha 11.p9.3 Kālamayūkha 11.p9.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.p9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9.3) kanyāmagate siṃhasthe sūrye prārambhaḥ yuvatyāḥ kanyāyāḥ pūrvārddhe sūrye'vasthite saṃti samāptirityarthaḥ | prathamārembha evāyaṃ niyamaḥ ṣoḍaśavārṣike tatprayogagatadvitīyādivarṣe tu na niyamaḥ | etaccārddharātrātikramavartinyāmaṣṭamyāṃ kāryamarddharātramatikramya vartate yottarā tithiḥ | tadā tasyāṃ tithau kāryaṃ mahālakṣmīvrataṃ sadā || iticandraprakāśe smṛtyantarāt— āśvinaśuklāṣṭamī mahāṣṭamītyucyate | tathāca brahmapurāṇe— tatrāṣṭamyāṃ bhadrakālī dakṣayajñavināśinī | prādurbhūtā mahāghorā yoginīkoṭibhirvṛtā | ato'tra pūjanīyā sā tasminnahani mānavaiḥ || iti | tatra āśvinaśuklapakṣe | iyaṃ cāṣṭamī navamīyutā grāhyā | tathā ca devīpurāṇe— saptamīvedhasaṃyuktā yaiḥ kṛtā tu mahāṣṭamī | putradāradhanairhīnā bhramantīha piśācavat || madanaratne smṛtisaṅgrahe'pi— śaranmahāṣṭamī pūjyā navamīsaṃyutā sadā | saptamīsaṃyutā nityaṃ śokasaṃtāpakāriṇī || jambhena saptamīyuktā pūjitā tu mahāṣṭamī | indreṇa nihato jambhastasmāddānavapuṅgavaḥ || tasmātsarvaprayatnena saptamīsahitāṣṭamī | varjanīyā prayatnena manujaiḥ śubhakāṅkṣibhiḥ || saptamī kalayā yatra parataścāṣṭamī bhavet | tena śalyamidaṃ proktaṃ putrapautrakṣayapradam || putrānhanti paśūnhanti hanti rāṣṭraṃ sarājakam | hanti jātānajātāṃśca saptamīsahitāṣṭamī || iti | brahmavaivarte— śuklapakṣe'ṣṭamī caiva śuklapakṣe caturdaśī | pūrvaviddhā na kartavyā kartavyā parasaṃyutā || iti | vasurandhrayoriti yugmavacanam | atra trimuhūrtanyūnāpi saptamī varjanīyāprayojikā, na trimuhūrtaiva | - [Previous: 11.p9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9.2) - [Next: 11.p9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9.4) - [Up: 11.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Puraścaryārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.purascarana.purascaryarnava.3.20.191) — Sanskrit - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.8.p100) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.11.p9.3) · Pramāṇa