Shantikamalakara 5.p12

5.p12

Uttaraphalgunī has two stars; it is female, upward-facing, having Aryaman as deity, fixed, of the human class, of the bull origin; its bird is the krauñca; its letters are "cha" and "ja". Having drunk milk, one should set out on a journey. At the end of eighteen ghaṭikās is the toxic ghaṭikā. One should perform union in season, sīmanta, naming, first solid food, tonsure, sacred thread investiture, commencement of studies, marriage, bath, putting on clothes and ornaments, entering a village and the like, architectural work, seed-sowing, consecratory sprinkling, acquisition of cattle, and rites for nourishment. In the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, it is void. In putting on clothes and ornaments, there is great success. On Sunday, it is an accomplishment combination; some say it is void. Combined with the fourth tithi, it is a death combination. On Friday, it is a combination causing quarrel. If a halo or rainbow is seen, there will be rain on the fifth or seventh day. If there is fever, there is suffering for twenty-one days. The food offering is a rice-and-lentil mash; worship is with white karavīra; the incense is bilva fruit; the mantra for worship is "asatye va...". The substances are sesame, māṣa beans, mustard, unhusked rice, and barley. Having offered one hundred and eight oblations with the Sāvitrī mantra, one should give a propitiatory offering to Aryaman with those very substances. Beginning from the eighteenth day, release from the fever occurs at the end of twenty-one days. At the sun's ingress, there is an increase in prices. || 12