Manava Dharmashastra 3.267

3.267

yuji dināni dvitīyācaturthyādīni | ṛkṣaṃ nakṣatram tāni bharaṇyādīni yuji bhavanti | pratipattṛtīyāpañcamīsaptamīnavamyāstithayo'yuja ucyante | dvitīyācaturthīṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamīdaśamyo yujaḥ | evamekādaśayayukprabhṛtau draṣṭavyaṃ nakṣatreṣvapi | sarvān kāmān | te ca kāmā itihāsapurāṇayorbhedenopāttāḥ | puṣkalāṃ prajām | dhanavidyābalapuruṣaiḥ puṣṭā puṣkalā |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Even dates’—the second, the fourth, and so forth.

‘Asterism’—lunar mansion; ‘Bharaṇī,’ and the rest are called ‘even asterisms.’

The first, the third, the fifth, the seventh and the ninth days of the month are called ‘odd;’ and the second, the fourth, the sixth, the eighth and the tenth are called ‘even.’ Similarly, the eleventh day is ‘odd,’ and so on with the asterisms also.

‘All desires,’—the desires being described in detail in Itihāsas and Purāṇas.

‘Prosperous offspring,’—that which is replete with persons possessed of wealth, learning and strength, is called ‘prosperous.’— (277)