[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) › 2.p1.8 # Tithyarka 2.p1.8 Tithyarka 2.p1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.p1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.8) "dinadvaye tadvyāptāvavyāptau vā mātṛviddhā praśasyate" iti vākyāt pūrvaiva | paredyureva yadā madhyāhnavyāpinī, tadā mātṛviddhatvaguṇābhāve'pi pradhānaprayojakānusāreṇa paraiva grāhyā, "mātṛviddhā praśastā syāccaturthī gaṇanāyake madhyāhnātparataścetsyānnāgaviddhā praśasyate ||” iti mādhavīyasmṛtyantarāt | yadobhayadine'pi vaiṣamyeṇa madhyāhnakadeśavyāpinī, tadā pūrvadine tanmahattvaṃ cet, saiva grāhyā | uttaradine tanmahattve kiṃ mahattvaguṇopetopādeyā ? kiṃ vā mātṛviddhatvaguṇopetā pūrvopādeyā ? iti saṃśaye pūrvaiveti pratīmaḥ, nyāyādvācanikasya mātṛviddhatvaguṇasya balīyastvāt | atra candradarśananiṣedhamāha parāśaraḥ— “kanyāditye caturthyāṃ tu śukle candrasya darśanam mithyābhidūṣaṇaṃ kuryādrātrau paśyenna taṃ sadā taddoṣaśāntaye siṃhaḥ prasenamivita vai paṭhet |” iti atra rātrigrahaṇād divā candradarśane na doṣa iti nirṇayāmṛtakārādayaḥ | yuktaṃ tu— “bhādre māsi site pakṣe caturthī svātiyoginī mithyābhiśāpaṃ kurute dṛṣṭacandrā na saṃśayaḥ ||” iti mārkaṇḍeyādivacanāntareṣu caturthīmātragrahaṇāddivāpi candro na draṣṭavya iti pratibhāti | pramādāccandradarśane taddoṣaśāntyarthaṃ prāṅmukha udaṅmukho vā paurāṇaṃ vākyaṃ paṭhet | tacca— “siṃhaḥ prasenamavadhīt siṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ sukumārakamārodīstava hyeṣa syamantakaḥ ||” iti iyaṃ bhaumenā'rkeṇa vā yuktā'tipraśastetyuktaṃ govindārṇave vārāhe— “bhādraśuklacaturthī yā bhaumenā'rkeṇa vā yutā mahatī sā'tra vighneśamarcitveṣṭaṃ labhennaraḥ ||” iti iyameva śivāravyetyuktaṃ bhaviṣye— - [Previous: 2.p1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.7) - [Next: 2.p1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.9) - [Up: 2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1) ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.24.p1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.6.p23) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Kālamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.7.p1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.8) · Pramāṇa