Agnipurana 121: athaikaviṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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jyotiḥśāstram

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agniruvāca

121.1

jyotiḥśāstraṃ pravakṣyāmi śubhāśubhavivekadam
cāturlakṣasya sāraṃ yat taj jñātvā sarvavidbhavet

Agni said: / I shall expound astral science, which discerns good and evil, / which is the essence of four hundred thousand [verses], by knowing which one becomes omniscient.

121.2

ṣaḍaṣṭake vivāho na na ca dvidvādaśe striyāḥ
na trikoṇe hyatha prītiḥ śeṣe ca samasaptake

No marriage [should be made] in the sixth-eighth relation, nor in the second-twelfth for a woman; / indeed, there is no affection in a trine; and in the remaining cases, there is affection in mutual seventh.

121.3

dvidvādaśe trikoṇe ca maitrīkṣetrapayoryadi
bhavedekādhipatyañca tārāprītirathāpi vā

In the second-twelfth and in the trine, if there is friendship between the lords of the signs, / or if there is common rulership, or also friendliness of nakṣatras,

121.4

tathāpi kāryaḥ saṃyogo na tu ṣaṭkāṣṭake punaḥ
jīve bhṛgau cāstamite mriyate ca pumān striyā

even then the union may be made, but never in the sixth-eighth. / When Jupiter and Venus have set, the man dies through the woman.

121.5

gurukṣetragate sūrye sūryakṣetragate gurau
vivāhaṃ na praśaṃsanti kanyāvaidhavyakṛdbhavet

When the sun is in the sign of Jupiter, or Jupiter is in the sign of the sun, / they do not recommend marriage; it would cause the girl to become a widow.

121.6

aticāre tripakṣaṃ syādvakre māsacatuṣṭayam
vratodvāhau na kurvīta gurorvakrāticārayoḥ

In accelerated motion it lasts three fortnights, and in retrograde four months; / one should not perform a votive observance or marriage during the retrograde or accelerated motion of Jupiter.

121.7

caitre pauṣe na riktāsu harau supte kuje ravau
candrakṣaye cāśubhaṃ syāt sandhyākālaḥ śubhāvahaḥ

In Caitra and Pauṣa, on empty lunar days, when Viṣṇu sleeps, on Tuesday and Sunday, / and at the waning of the moon, it would be inauspicious; twilight time brings auspiciousness.

121.8

rohiṇī cottarā mūlaṃ svātī hasto'tha revatī
tule na mithune śasto vivāhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Rohiṇī, the Uttaras, Mūla, Svātī, Hasta, and Revatī; / in Libra and Gemini, marriage is declared to be praiseworthy.

121.9

vivāhe karṇabedhe ca vrate puṃsavane tathā
prāśane cādyacūḍāyāṃ viddharkṣañca vivarjayet

In marriage, in ear-piercing, in a votive observance, likewise in the rite for producing a male child, / in the first feeding, and at the first tonsure, one must avoid an afflicted asterism.

121.10

śravaṇe mūlapuṣye ca sūryamaṅgalajīvake
kumbhe siṃhe ca mithune karma puṃsavanaṃ smṛtam

Under Śravaṇa, Mūla, and Puṣya, on a Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday, / in Aquarius, Leo, and Gemini, the rite for producing a male child is prescribed.

121.11

haste mūle mṛge pauṣṇe budhe śukre ca niṣkṛtiḥ
arkendujīvabhṛguje mūle tāmbūlabhakṣaṇam

Under Hasta, Mūla, Mṛgaśiras, and Pauṣṇa (Revatī), on Wednesday and Friday, taking a child outdoors [is done]; / under Mūla on Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday, the eating of betel [is done].

121.12

annasya prāśanaṃ śukre jīve mṛge ca mīnake
hastādipañcake puṣye kṛttikāditraye tathā

The first feeding of solid food is on Friday, on Thursday, under Mṛgaśiras, and in Pisces, / in the group of five beginning with Hasta, in Puṣya, and likewise in the triad beginning with Kṛttikā,

121.13

aśvinyāmatha revatyāṃ navānnaphalabhakṣaṇam
puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā rohiṇī śravaṇāśvinau

under Aśvinī, and under Revatī; [and under these asterisms is] the eating of new grain and fruits. / Puṣya, Hasta, Jyeṣṭhā, Rohiṇī, Śravaṇa, and Aśvinī,

121.14

svātisaumye ca bhaiṣajyaṃ kuryādanyatra varjayet
pūrvātrayaṃ maghā yāmyaṃ pāvanaṃ śravaṇatrayam

and under Svātī and Mṛgaśiras, one should administer medicine; elsewhere one should avoid it. / The triad of the Pūrvās, Maghā, Bharaṇī, Svātī, and the triad of Śravaṇa—

121.15

bhaumādityaśanervāre snātavyaṃ rogamuktitaḥ
pārthive cāṣṭahrīṃkāraṃ madhye nāma ca dikṣu ca

on Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday, a bath should be taken for freedom from disease. / On an earthen [diagram], [inscribe] eight syllables Hrīṃ, and in the middle write the name, and in the cardinal directions:

121.16

hrīṃ puṭaṃ pārthive dikṣu hrīṃ vidikṣu likhedvasūn
gorocanākuṅkumena bhūrje vastre gale dhṛtam

an enclosure of Hrīṃ on the earthen [diagram] in the cardinal directions, and write the eight Vasus [or eight Hrīṃs] in the intermediate directions, / with yellow orpiment and saffron on birch-bark or cloth, worn on the neck,

121.17

śatravo vaśamāyānti mantreṇānena niścitam
śrīṃ hrīṃ sampuṭaṃ nāma śrīṃ hrīṃ patrāṣṭake kramāt

enemies are brought into subjection by this mantra, undoubtedly. / Enclosing the name with Śrīṃ and Hrīṃ, [writing] Śrīṃ and Hrīṃ on the eight petals in order,

121.18

gorocanākuṅkumena bhurje'tha subhagāvṛte
gomadhyavāgamaḥ patre haridrāyā rasena ca

with yellow orpiment and saffron on birch-bark, surrounded by auspicious marks, / [...] on a leaf with the juice of turmeric,

121.19

śilāpaṭṭe'rīn stambhayati bhūmāvadhomukhīkṛtam
— hūṃ saḥ sampuṭannāma — hūṃ saḥ patrāṣṭake kramāt

placed face downwards on a stone slab on the ground, it paralyzes enemies. / Enclosing the name with Oṃ Hūṃ Saḥ, [and placing] Oṃ Hūṃ Saḥ on the eight petals in order,

121.20

gorocanākuṅkumena bhūrje mṛtyunivāraṇam
ekapañcanavaprītyai dviṣaṭdvādaśayogakāḥ

with yellow orpiment and saffron on birch-bark, [this brings] warding off of death. / For affection [are the positions] one, five, and nine; combinations of two, six, and twelve [are unfavourable];

121.21

trisaptaikādaśe lābho vedāṣṭadvādaśe ripuḥ
tanurdhanañca sahajaḥ suhṛt suto ripustathā

in three, seven, and eleven there is gain; in four, eight, and twelve is the enemy. / The body, wealth, siblings, friends, children, and enemies,

121.22

jāyā nidhanadharmau ca karmāyavyayakaṃ kramāt
sphuṭaṃ meṣādilagneṣu navatārābalaṃ vadet

the spouse, death, and virtue, action, income, and expenditure, in order,

121.23

janma sampadvipat kṣemaṃ pratyariḥ sādhakaḥ kramāt
nidhanaṃ mitraparamamitraṃ tārābalaṃ viduḥ

Birth, prosperity, adversity, welfare, enemy, achiever in order, / destruction, friend, and supreme friend: they recognize this as the strength of the asterisms.

121.24

dhāre jñaguruśukrāṇāṃ sūryācandramasostathā
māghādimāsaṣaṭke tu kṣīramādyaṃ praśasyate

On the weekdays of Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus, and likewise of the Sun and Moon, / during the six months beginning with Māgha, the first milk is praised.

121.25

karṇabedho budhe jīve puṣye śravaṇacitrayoḥ
pañcame'bde cādhyayanaṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ pratipadantyajet

Ear-piercing [is recommended] on a Wednesday or Thursday, under Puṣya, Śravaṇa, or Citrā. / And study [should begin] in the fifth year; one should avoid the sixth and the first lunar day.

121.26

riktāṃ pañcadaśīṃ bhaumaṃ prārcya vāṇīṃ hariṃ śriyam
māghādimāsaṣatke tu mekhalābandhanaṃ śubham

Having first worshipped Vāṇī, Hari, and Śrī on empty [tithis], the fifteenth, and Tuesday, / the tying of the girdle [for investiture] is auspicious during the six months starting with Māgha.

121.27

cūḍākaraṇakādyañca śrāvaṇādau na śasyate
astaṃ yāte guro śukre kṣīṇe ca śaśalāñchane

The tonsure rite and other [ceremonies] are not commended under Śravaṇa and similar [asterisms], / nor when Jupiter or Venus has set, or when the moon is waning.

121.28

upanītasya viprasya mṛtyuṃ jāḍyaṃ vinirdiśet
kṣaurarkṣe śubhavāre ca samāvartanamiṣyate

For an initiated Brahmin, one should predict death and dullness [if done then]. / The formal return home from study is desired under an asterism fit for tonsure and on an auspicious weekday,

121.29

śubhakṣetre vilagneṣu śubhayuktekṣiteṣu ca
aśvinīmaghācitrāsu svātīyāmyottarāsu ca

in auspicious zodiacal signs, with ascendants joined or aspected by benefics, / and under Aśvinī, Maghā, Citrā, Svātī, Yāmya, or the Uttarā asterisms.

121.30

punarvasau tathā puṣye dhanurvedaḥ praśasyate
bharaṇyārdrā maghāśleṣā vahnibhagarkṣayostathā

Under Punarvasu and Puṣya, [the study of] the science of archery is praised. / Under Bharaṇī, Ārdrā, Maghā, Āśleṣā, and under the asterisms of Fire and Bhaga,

121.31

jijīviṣurna kurvīta vastraprāvaraṇaṃ naraḥ
gurau śukre budhe vastraṃ vivāhādau na bhādikam

a man desiring to live long should not put on a [new] garment. / On Thursday, Friday, and Wednesday, [new] clothing [is worn]; at marriages and similar occasions, [inauspicious] asterisms and the like are not [prohibited].

121.32

revatyaśvidhaniṣṭhāsu hastādiṣu ca pañcasu
śaṅkhavidrumaratnānāṃ paridhānaṃ praśasyate

Under Revatī, Aśvinī, Dhaniṣṭhā, and the five asterisms beginning with Hasta, / the wearing of conch, coral, and gems is commended.

121.33

yāmyasarpadhaniṣṭhāsu triṣu pūrveṣu vāruṇe
krītaṃ hānikaraṃ dravyaṃ vikrītaṃ lābhakṛdbhavet

Under the asterism of Yama, the Serpent, and Dhaniṣṭhā, under the three Pūrva asterisms, and under Vāruṇa, / goods purchased bring loss, whereas those sold produce profit.

121.34

aśvinīsvāticitrāsu revatyāṃ vāruṇe harau
krītaṃ lābhakaraṃ dravyaṃ vikrītaṃ hānikṛdbhavet

Under Aśvinī, Svātī, Citrā, Revatī, Vāruṇa, and Hari, / goods purchased bring profit, whereas those sold produce loss.

121.35

bharaṇī trīṇi pūrvāṇi ārdrāśleṣā maghānilāḥ
vahnijyeṣṭāviśākhāsu svāmino nopatiṣṭhate

Under Bharaṇī, the three Pūrvā asterisms, Ārdrā, Āśleṣā, Maghā, the Wind asterism, / the Fire asterism, Jyeṣṭhā, and Viśākhā, [goods] do not remain with their master.

121.36

dravyaṃ dattaṃ prayuktaṃ vā yatra nikṣipyate dhanam
uttare śravaṇe śākre kuryādrājābhiṣecanam

When wealth is given, loaned, or deposited [under these, it is lost]. / Under Uttarā, Śravaṇa, and Indra's asterism, one should perform the royal consecration.

121.37

caitraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ tathā bhādramāśvinaṃ pauṣameva ca
māghaṃ caiva parityajya śeṣamāse gṛhaṃ śubham

Avoiding Caitra, Jyeṣṭha, Bhādra, Āśvina, Pauṣa, / and Māgha, building a house is auspicious in the remaining months.

121.38

aśvinī rohiṇī mūlamuttarātrayamaindavam
svātī hastānurādhā ca gṛhārambhe praśasyate

Aśvinī, Rohiṇī, Mūla, the three Uttarā asterisms, the moon's asterism, / Svātī, Hasta, and Anurādhā are praised for commencing a house.

121.39

ādityabhaumavarjantu vāpīprāsādake tathā
siṃharāśigate jīve gurvāditye malimluce

Excepting Sunday and Tuesday, [it is auspicious] also for a reservoir and a temple. / When Jupiter is in Leo, when Jupiter and the Sun are in conjunction, during an intercalary month,

121.40

bāle vṛddhe'stage śukre gṛhakarma vivarjayet
agnidāho bhayaṃ rogo rājapīḍā dhanakṣatiḥ

or when Venus is infant, aged, or set, one should avoid house-building work: / [otherwise there will be] burning by fire, fear, disease, oppression by the king, and loss of wealth.

121.41

saṅgrahe tṛṇakāṣṭhānāṃ kṛte śravaṇapañcake
gṛhapraveśanaṃ kuryāddhaniṣṭhottaravāruṇe

If the collecting of thatch and wood is done during the five asterisms beginning with Śravaṇa, / one should perform house-entering under Dhaniṣṭhā, Uttarā, or Vāruṇa.

121.42

naukāyā ghaṭane dvitripañcasaptatrayodaśī
nṛpadarśo dhaniṣṭhāsu hastāpauṣṇāśvinīṣu ca

For building a boat, the second, third, fifth, seventh, and thirteenth lunar days [are fit]. / One visits the king under Dhaniṣṭhā, Hasta, Revatī, and Aśvinī.

121.43

pūrvātrayandhaniṣṭhārdrā vahniḥ saumyaviśākhayoḥ
aśleṣā cāśvinī caiva yātrāsiddhistu sampadā

Under the three Pūrvā asterisms, Dhaniṣṭhā, Ārdrā, the Fire asterism, the asterism of the Moon, and Viśākhā,

121.44

triṣūttareṣu rohiṇyāṃ sinībālī caturdaśī
śravaṇā caiva hastā ca citrā ca vaiṣṇavī tathā

Under the three Uttarā asterisms, Rohiṇī, on the new moon day, on the fourteenth, / under Śravaṇa, Hasta, Citrā, and the asterism of Viṣṇu,

121.45

goṣṭhayātrāṃ na kurvīta praveśaṃ naiva kārayet
anilottararohiṇyāṃ mṛgamūlapunarvasau

one should not make a journey to the cow-pen, nor should one make [the cattle] enter it. / Under the Wind asterism, the Uttarā asterisms, Rohiṇī, Mṛga, Mūla, and Punarvasu,

121.46

puṣyaśravaṇahasteṣu kṛṣikarma samācaret
punarvasūttarāsvātībhagamūlendravāruṇe

and under Puṣya, Śravaṇa, and Hasta, one should carry out agricultural work. / Under Punarvasu, Uttarā, Svātī, the asterism of Bhaga, Mūla, Indra, and Varuṇa,

121.47

guroḥ śukrasya vāre vā vāre ca somabhāsvatoḥ
vṛṣalagne ca kartavyaṅkanyāyāṃ mithune tathā

on the weekday of Jupiter or Venus, or on the day of the Moon or the Sun, / and in the Taurus ascendant, as also in Virgo or Gemini,

121.48

dvipañca daśamī sapta tṛtīyā ca trayodaśī
revatīrohiṇīndrāgnihastamaitrottareṣu ca

on the second, fifth, tenth, seventh, third, and thirteenth lunar days, / and under Revatī, Rohiṇī, the asterism of Indra and Agni, Hasta, Mitra's asterism, and the Uttarā asterisms,

121.49

mandāravarjaṃ vījāni vāpayet sampadarthyapi
revatīhastamūleṣu śravaṇe bhagamaitrayoḥ

except on Saturday and Tuesday, one seeking prosperity should sow seeds. / Under Revatī, Hasta, Mūla, Śravaṇa, and the asterisms of Bhaga and Mitra,

121.50

pitṛdaive tathā saumye dhānyacchedaṃ mṛgodaye
hastacitrāditisvātau revatyāṃ śravaṇatraye

under the asterism of the Ancestors and that of the Moon, harvesting of grain [is done] at the rising of Capricorn. / Under Hasta, Citrā, the asterism of Aditi, Svātī, Revatī, and the three Śravaṇa asterisms,

121.51

sthire lagne gurorvāre atha bhārgavasaumyayoḥ
yāmyāditimaghājyeṣṭhāsūtareṣu praveśayet

in a fixed ascendant, on Thursday, Friday, or Wednesday, / [or] under the asterisms of Yama, Aditi, Maghā, Jyeṣṭhā, and the Uttarā asterisms, one should store [grain].

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— dhanadāya sarvadhaneśāya dehi me dhanaṃ svāhā | — nave varṣe
ilādevi lokasaṃvardhani kāmarūpiṇi dehi me dhanaṃ svāhā

121.52

patrasthaṃ likhitaṃ dhānyarāśisthaṃ dhānyavardhanam
tripūrvāsu viśākhāyāṃ dhaniṣṭhāvāruṇe'pi ca

Written on a leaf and placed upon a heap of grain, this increases the grain. / Under the three Pūrvā asterisms, Viśākhā, Dhaniṣṭhā, and Vāruṇa,

121.53

eteṣu ṣaṭsu vijñeyaṃ dhānyaniṣkramaṇaṃ budhaiḥ
devatārāmavāpyādipratiṣṭhodaṅmukhe ravau

under these six asterisms the wise understand that the removal of grain [should occur]. / Consecration of deities, groves, reservoirs, and the like [should be done] when the Sun is facing north.

121.54

mithunasthe ravau darśādyādi syād dvādaśī tithiḥ
sadā tatraiva kartavyaṃ śayanaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ

When the Sun is in Gemini, from the new moon day, if there be the twelfth lunar day, / the ritual slumber of the discus-wielder should always be performed then.

121.55

siṃhatauliṅgate cārke darśādyadvādaśīdvayam
ādāvindrasamutthānaṃ prabodhaśca hareḥ kramāt

When the Sun has entered Leo and Libra, on the two twelfth lunar days following the new moon, / there occur respectively the raising of Indra's banner and the awakening of Hari.

121.56

tathā kanyāgate bhānau durgotthāne tathāṣṭamī
tripādeṣu ca ṛkṣeṣu yadā bhadrā tithirbhavet

Likewise, when the Sun has entered Virgo, on the eighth lunar day occurs the raising of Durgā's [flag]. / When a Bhadrā lunar day falls under three-quartered asterisms,

121.57

bhaumādityaśanaiścāri vijñeyaṃ tat tripuṣkaram
sarvakarmaṇyupādeyā viśuddhiścandratārayoḥ

on a Tuesday, Sunday, or Saturday, that is to be known as Tripuṣkara. / In all rituals, purity of the Moon and the stars must be sought.

121.58

janmāśritastriṣaṣṭhaśca saptamo daśamastathā
ekādaśaḥ śaśī yeṣānteṣāmeva śubhaṃ vadet

For those whose moon occupies the birth sign, the third, the sixth, the seventh, the tenth, / or the eleventh house, one should declare it auspicious alone.

121.59

śuklapakṣe dvītīyaśca pañcamo navamaḥ śubhaḥ
mitrātimitrasādhakasapatkṣemāditārakāḥ

In the bright fortnight, the second, fifth, and ninth are auspicious. / The friendly, intimate friend, accomplishing, prosperous, and secure stars,

121.60

janmanā mṛtyumāpnoti vipadā dhanasaṅkṣayam
pratyarau maraṇaṃ vidyānnidhane yāti pañcatām

produce death under the birth star, loss of wealth under the danger star; / one should know that under the adversary star comes death, and under the destruction star one meets dissolution.

121.61

kṛṣṇāṣṭamīdinādūrdhvaṃ yāvacchuklāṣṭamīdinam
tāvat kālaṃ śaśī kṣīṇaḥ pūrṇastatropari smṛtaḥ

until the day of the eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight,
for that long the moon is waned; thereafter it is considered full.

121.62

vṛṣe ca mithune bhānau jīve candrendradaivate
paurṇamāsī gurorvāre mahājyaiṣṭhī prakīrtitā

When the sun is in Taurus or Gemini, and Jupiter is in the constellation ruled by the Moon or Indra,
a full-moon day on the weekday of Jupiter is proclaimed as the Mahājyaiṣṭhī.

121.63

aindre guruḥ śaśī caiva prājāpatye ravistathā
pūrṇimā jyaiṣṭhamāsasya mahājyaiṣṭhī prakīrtitā

When Jupiter is in the lunar mansion of Indra, the Moon likewise, and the Sun in that of Prajāpati,
the full moon of the month of Jyeṣṭha is proclaimed as the Mahājyaiṣṭhī.

121.64

svātyantare yantraniṣṭhe śakrasyotthāpayed dhvajam
haryṛkṣapāde cāśvinyāṃ saptāhānte visarjayet

Within Svātī, placed on a machine, one should raise Indra's banner;
and in a quarter of the lunar mansion of Viṣṇu, under Aśvinī, at the end of seven days, one should discharge it.

121.65

sarvaṃ hemasamandānaṃ sarve brahmasamā dvijāḥ
sarvaṃ gaṅgāsamantoyaṃ rāhugraste divākare

Every gift is equal to gold, all twice-born are equal to Brahmā,
all water is equal to the Gaṅgā, when the sun is eclipsed by Rāhu.

121.66

dhvāṅkṣī mahodarī ghorā mandā mandākinī dvijāḥ
rākṣasī ca krameṇārkātsaṅkrāntirnāmabhiḥ smṛtā

Dhvāṅkṣī, Mahodarī, Ghorā, Mandā, Mandākinī, O twice-born,
and Rākṣasī: in order from Sunday, the solar ingress is known by these names.

121.67

bālave kaulave nāge taitile karaṇe yadi
uttiṣṭhan saṅkramatyarkastadā lokaḥ sukhī bhavet

If the sun ingresses while standing in the karaṇas Bālava, Kaulava, Nāga, or Taitila,
then the people will be happy.

121.68

gare vave vaṇigviṣṭau kintughne śakunau vrajet
rājño doṣeṇa loko'yampīḍyate sampadā samam

Should it pass in Gara, Vava, Vaṇij, Viṣṭi, Kiṃtughna, or Śakuni,
the people are afflicted along with their wealth through the ruler's fault.

121.69

catuṣpādviṣṭivāṇijye śayitaḥ saṅkramedraviḥ
durbhikṣaṃ rājasaṅgrāmo dampatyoḥ saṃśayo bhavet

If the sun should ingress while lying down in Catuṣpād, Viṣṭi, or Vāṇijya,

121.70

ādhāne janmanakṣatre vyādhau kleśādikaṃ bhavet
kṛttikāyānnavadinantrirātraṃ rohiṇīṣu ca

In the conception-asterism or birth-asterism, affliction and the like will arise in illness;
under Kṛttikā [it lasts] nine days, and three nights in Rohiṇī;

121.71

mṛgaśiraḥpañcarātraṃ ārdrāsu prāṇanāśanam
punarvasau ca puṣye ca saptarātraṃ vidhīyate

five nights in Mṛgaśiras; in Ārdrā it destroys life;
and in Punarvasu and Puṣya seven nights are prescribed.

121.72

navarātraṃ tathāśleṣā śmaśānāntaṃ maghāsu ca
dvau māsau pūrvaphālgunyāmuttarāsu tripañcakam

Likewise nine nights in Āśleṣā, and ending at the cremation ground in Maghā;
two months in Pūrvaphālgunī, and fifteen [days] in Uttarāphālgunī.

121.73

haste tu dṛśyate citrā ardhamāsantu pīḍanam
māsadvayantathā svātirviśākhā viṃśatirdinam

In Hasta, Citrā is seen [as lasting] half a month of affliction;
likewise two months in Svātī, and twenty days in Viśākhā.

121.74

maitre caiva daśāhāni jyeṣṭhāsvevārdhamāsakam
mūle na jāyate mokṣaḥ pūrvāṣāḍhā tripañcakam

In Anurādhā ten days, and in Jyeṣṭhā half a month;
in Mūla there is no release, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā fifteen [days];

121.75

uttarā dinaviṃśatyā dvau māsau śravaṇena ca
dhaniṣṭhā cārdhamāsañca vāruṇe ca daśāhakam

in Uttarāṣāḍhā twenty days, and two months with Śravaṇa;
Dhaniṣṭhā half a month, and in Śatabhiṣaj ten days.

121.76

na ca bhādrapade mokṣa uttarāsu tripañcakam
revatī daśarātrañca ahorātrantathāśvinī

In Pūrvabhādrapadā there is no release, in Uttarabhādrapadā fifteen [days];
Revatī ten nights, and Aśvinī a day and night.

121.77

bharaṇyāṃ prāṇahāniḥ syād gāyatrīhomataḥ śubham
pañcadhānyatilājyādyairdhenudānandvije śamam

In Bharaṇī there would be loss of life; auspiciousness comes from a fire oblation with the Gāyatrī;
peace [is attained] by gifts of five grains, sesame, clarified butter, and the like, and a cow to a twice-born.

121.78

daśā sūryasya ṣaṣṭhābdā indoḥ pañcadaśaiva tu
aṣṭau varṣāṇi bhaumasya daśasaptadaśā budhe

The planetary period of the Sun is six years, and of the Moon fifteen;
eight years of Mars, and the planetary period in Mercury is seventeen.

121.79

daśābdāni daśā paṅgorūnaviṃśadgurordṛśā
rāhordvādaśavarṣāṇi bhārgavasyaikaviṃśatiḥ

121.79.p1

ityāgneye mahāpurāṇe jyotiḥśāstrasāro nāma ekaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ