[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) › [Determination of lunar days](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi) › [Tithyarka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka) › 1.5.p1.18 # Tithyarka 1.5.p1.18 Tithyarka 1.5.p1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.p1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.18) “vatsarādau vasantādau balirājye tathaiva ca pūrvaviddhaiva kartavyā pratipatsarvadā budhaiḥ ||” iti vṛddhavasiṣṭhavākyāt | atra vedhamāha paiṭhīnasiḥ— “pakṣadvaye'pi tithayastithiṃ pūrvā tathottarām tribhirmuhūrttairvidhyanti sāmānyo'yaṃ vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ||” iti udayānantaraṃ sthitā trimuhūrttā pūrvatithiruttaratithiṃ vidhyati astamayāt prāksthitā trimuhūrtottaratithiḥ pūrvatithiṃ vidhyatīti sāmānyato vedha ityarthaḥ | hemādryādiṣu tu— “udite daivataṃ bhānau pitryaṃ cāstamite ravau dvimuhūrtaṃ trirahvaśca sā tithirhavyakavyayoḥ ||” iti viṣṇudharmottarād dvimuhūrtto'pyukto vedhaḥ | asyārthaḥ— bhānāvudite sati yad dvimuhūrttaṃ muhūrttadvayaṃ tad daivataṃ devakarmayogyam, evaṃ ravāvastamite'stāsanne sati astamayātpūrvaṃ yadahnaḥ sambandhi trimuhūrtaṃ muhūrttatrayaṃ tat pitryaṃ pitṛkarmayogyam, tasmāt tadvartinī tithirhavyakavyayorgrāhyetyarthaḥ | vastutastu— “dvimuhūrttā na kartavyā yā tithiḥ kṣayagāminī dvimuhūrttāpi kartavyā yā tithirvṛddhigāminī ||” - [Previous: 1.5.p1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.17) - [Next: 1.5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p2) - [Up: 1.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Paiṭhīnasidharmasūtra (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.paithinasi*fragments.5.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.1.5.p1.18) · Pramāṇa