[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) › 6.1.4 # Tithyarka 6.1.4 Tithyarka 6.1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.6.1.4) smṛtyantare— “vāpīkūpataḍāgādipratiṣṭhā yajñakarma ca na kuryānmalamāse tu mahādānavratāni ca ||” iti madanaratne smṛtisaṃgrahe— “jātakarma prasūtiśca sīmantonnayanavrate malimluce'pi karttavyaṃ nimittaṃ yadi jāyate ||” iti gṛhyapariśiṣṭe— “avaṣaṭkārahomāśca parva cāgrayaṇaṃ tathā malamāse'pi karttavyaṃ kāmyā iṣṭīśca varjayet ||” iti ‘avaṣaṭkārahomāḥ’ agnihotropāsanavaiśvadevādyaḥ | ‘parva’ darśapūrṇamāsasthālīpākāḥ | smṛtyantare— “candrasūryagrahe caiva maraṇe putrajanmani malamāse'pi deyaṃ syāddattamakṣayyakārakam ||” iti yamaḥ— “sapiṇḍīkaraṇe nitye nādhimāsaṃ vivarjayet tīrthasnānaṃ japo homo yavavrīhitilādibhiḥ jātakarmmāntyakarmmāṇi navaśrāddhaṃ tathaiva ca maghātrayodaśīśrāddhaṃ śrāddhānyapi ca ṣoḍaśa candrasūryagrahe snānaṃ śrāddhadānajapādikam kāryāṇi malamāse'pi nityanaimittikaṃ tathā ||” iti vārṣikamahālayaniṣedhavacanāni śrāddhacandrikāprakāśe udāhariṣyante vṛhaspatiḥ— “astaṃ gate gurau śukre vṛddhe bāle malimluce vratārambhāpavargau ca na kuryānmauñjibandhanam ||” iti astalakṣaṇaṃ siddhānte— “raviṇāsattiranyeṣāṃ grahāṇāmastamucyate tato'rvāgvārdhakaṃ mauḍhyādūrdhvaṃ bālyaṃ prakīrttitam ||” iti bālyavārdhakapramāṇaṃ jyotiḥśāstre— “prāk paścāduditaḥ śukraḥ pañcasaptadinaṃ śiśuḥ viparītaṃ tu vṛddhatvaṃ tadvadeva gurorapi ||” viśeṣastatraiva jñeyaḥ | malamāse śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ na veti vicāre| vistareṇa vakṣyate śrāddhacandrikāprakāśe | atra dānamuktaṃ hemādrau pādme— “adhimāse tu samprāpte guḍasarpiryutāni ca trayastriṃśadapūpāni dātavyāni dine dine - [Previous: 6.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.6.1.3) - [Next: 6.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.6.1.5) - [Up: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.6.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.24.p17) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.6.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.6.1.4) · Pramāṇa