Shantikamalakara 5.p13

5.p13

Hasta has five stars—some say four. It is male, horizontal-facing; Savitṛ is its deity; it is light [laghu] and has the luster of priyaṅgu. Its letters are jha and ña; it belongs to the divine class [devagaṇa]; its tree is the ariṣṭa; its bird is the ghaṇṭikā. One should depart on a journey after consuming milk and dried ginger […]. At the end of thirty-two nāḍikās is the poisonous period [viṣaghaṭikā]. Auspicious acts such as intercourse during the fertile period [ṛtusaṃgama] are as before. It is void in the month of Makara. On Saturday there is the yoga of death, or according to others, the yoga of poison. On Sunday there is the yoga of success; there is great success in wearing clothes and ornaments. With the seventh lunar day there is the yoga of death; (on Sunday and Friday there is extreme growth); with the fourth lunar day there is the yoga of death; with Thursday there is the yoga of quarrel; on Wednesday there is the yoga of joy. One should perform ancestral rites, installation of deities, appointing an army commander, and so forth. One should not give away money, but should only receive it, and acquire cattle. In the first quarter there is daytime death. If a rainbow is seen, there will be rain on the twenty-first day. If fever [occurs], there is death or doubt [of life]; the affliction lasts fifteen days. The food offering is apūpa cakes; the worship is with red karavīra flowers; the incense is ten-ingredient incense [daśāṅga]; the mantra for worship is "ud u tyaṃ"; the substance is curd and ghee. Having offered one hundred and eight fire oblations with the Sāvitrī [mantra], one should present a propitiatory offering to the Sun with fragrant paste and flowers. Beginning from the fifteenth day up to the end of the twenty-first day, one will become comfortable. At the solstice [saṃkrama], the prices are moderate. || 13