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Agni; Rohiṇī belongs to Brahmā; / Ilvalā (Mṛgaśiras) has Soma as its deity; and Ārdrā is declared sacred to Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.3) punarvasustathādityastiṣyaśca gurudaivataḥ / aśleṣāḥ sarpadevatyā maghāśca pitṛdevatāḥ // > Likewise, Punarvasu has Aditi as its deity, and Tiṣya has Guru as its presiding god; / Āśleṣā has the serpents as its deities, and Maghā belongs to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.4) bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ / sāvitraśca tathā hastā citrā tvaṣṭā prakīrtitaḥ // > Pūrvaphalgunī belongs to Bhaga, and the subsequent \[Uttarāphalgunī\] to Aryaman; / Hastā belongs to Savitṛ, and Citrā is proclaimed to belong to Tvaṣṭṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.5) svātī ca vāyudevatyā nakṣatraṃ parikīrtitam / indrāgnidevatā proktā viśākhā vṛṣabhadhvaja // > Svātī is proclaimed the lunar mansion having Vāyu as its deity; / Viśākhā is declared to have Indra and Agni as its deities, O bull-bannered god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.6) maitramṛkṣamanūrādhā jyeṣṭhā śākraṃ prakīrtitam / tathā nirṛtidevatyo mūlastajjñairudāhṛtaḥ // > Anurādhā is a lunar mansion sacred to Mitra; Jyeṣṭhā is proclaimed sacred to Śakra; / and Mūla is declared by knowers of the subject to have Nirṛti as its deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.7) āpyāstvāṣāṭhapūrvāstu uttarā vaiśvadevatāḥ / brāhmaścaivābhijitproktaḥ śravaṇā vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ // > Pūrvāṣāḍhā belongs to Āpaḥ; Uttarāṣāḍhā belongs to the Viśvedevas; / Abhijit is declared sacred to Brahmā; Śravaṇā is traditionally sacred to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.8) vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ / tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva // > The lunar mansion Dhaniṣṭhā is said by the wise to belong to the Vasus; / and Śatabhiṣā is proclaimed to be the lunar mansion sacred to Varuṇa, O Śiva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.9) ājaṃ bhādrapadā pūrvā ahirbrudhnyastathottarā / pauṣṇaṃ ca revatī ṛkṣamaśvayukcāśvadaivatam // > Pūrvabhādrapadā belongs to Aja Ekapād; Uttarabhādrapadā to Ahirbudhnya; / the lunar mansion Revatī belongs to Pūṣan; and Aśvayuj belongs to the Aśvins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.10) bharaṇyṛkṣaṃ tathā yāmyaṃ proktāste ṛkṣadevatāḥ / brahmāṇī saṃsthitā pūrve pritapannavamītithau // > The lunar mansion Bharaṇī belongs to Yama; these are declared to be the deities of the lunar mansions. / Brahmāṇī resides in the east on the first and ninth lunar days; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.11) māheśvarī cottare ca dvitīyā daśāmītithau / pañcamyāṃ ca trayodaśyāṃ vārāhī dakṣiṇe sthitā // > Māheśvarī in the north on the second and tenth lunar days; / on the fifth and thirteenth, Vārāhī resides in the south; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.12) ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caiva caturdaśyāmindrāṇī paścime sthitā / saptamyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ ca cāmuṇḍā vāyugocare // > on the sixth and fourteenth, Indrāṇī resides in the west; / on the seventh and full-moon day, Cāmuṇḍā resides in the northwest; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.13) aṣṭamyamāvāsyayoge mahālakṣmīśagocare / ekādaśyāṃ tṛtīyāyāmagnikoṇe tu vaiṣṇavī // > on the eighth and new-moon conjunction, Mahālakṣmī resides in the northeast; / on the eleventh and third, Vaiṣṇavī resides in the southeast; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.14) dvādaśyāṃ ca caturthyāṃ tu kaumārī nairṛte tathā / yoginīsuṃmukhenaiva gamanādi na kārayet // > and on the twelfth and fourth, Kaumārī resides in the southwest. / One must not undertake journeys and other activities facing a Yoginī directly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.15) aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu / puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate // > Aśvinī, Anurādhā, Revatī, Mṛgaśiras, Mūla, Punarvasu, / Puṣya, Hastā, and Jyeṣṭhā are said to be best for departure on a journey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.16) hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca / aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū // > The five lunar mansions beginning with Hastā, the triad of Uttarās, / Aśvinī, Rohiṇī, Puṣya, Dhaniṣṭhā, and Punarvasu— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.17) vastraprāvaraṇe śreṣṭho nakṣatrāṇāṃ gaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ / kṛttikā bharaṇyaśleṣā maghā mūlaviśākhayoḥ // > this group of lunar mansions is considered best for putting on new clothes. / Kṛttikā, Bharaṇī, Āśleṣā, Maghā, Mūla, Viśākhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.18) trīṇi,pūrvā tathā caiva adhovakrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ? / eṣu vāpītaḍāgādikūpabhūmitṛṇāni ca // > and the three Pūrvās are proclaimed to be downward-facing. / In these, \[the digging of\] step-wells, ponds, and wells, working the soil, grass-cutting, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.19) devāgārasya khananaṃ nidhānakhananaṃ tathā / gaṇitaṃ jyotiṣārambhaṃ khanibilapraveśanam // > excavating for temples, digging for buried treasure, / mathematical calculation, beginning astronomical studies, and entering mines and cavities— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.20) kuryādadhogatānyeva anyāni ca vṛṣadhvaja / revatī cāśvinī citrā svātī hastā punarvasū // > one should perform these downward-directed actions and other such deeds, O bull-bannered god! / Revatī, Aśvinī, Citrā, Svātī, Hastā, Punarvasu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.21) anurādhā mṛgo jyeṣṭhā ete pārśvamukhāḥ smṛtāḥ / gajoṣṭrāśvabalīvardadamanaṃ mahiṣasya ca // > Anurādhā, Mṛgaśiras, and Jyeṣṭhā—these are considered sideward-facing. / The taming of elephants, camels, horses, oxen, and buffaloes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.22) bījānāṃ vapanaṃ kuryādgamanāgamanādikam / cakrayantrarathānāṃ ca nāvādīnāṃ pravāhaṇam // > the sowing of seeds, coming and going, / and the moving of wheels, machines, chariots, and boats— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.23) pārśveṣu yāni karmāṇi kuryādeteṣu tānyapi / rohiṇyārdrāṃ tathā puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā cottarātrayam // > whatever actions are directed sideways, one should perform them in these \[lunar mansions\]. / Rohiṇī, Ārdrā, Puṣya, Dhaniṣṭhā, the triad of Uttarās, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.24) vāruṇaṃ śravaṇaṃ caiva nava cordhvamukhāḥ smṛtāḥ / eṣu rājyābhiṣekaṃ ca paṭṭabandhaṃ ca kārayet // > the lunar mansion of Varuṇa \[Śatabhiṣā\], and Śravaṇā are remembered as nine upward-facing \[mansions\]. / In these, one should conduct royal consecrations and coronations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.25) ūrdhvamukhyānyucchritāni sarvāṇyeteṣu kārayet / caturtho cāśubhā ṣaṣṭhī aṣṭamī navamī tathā // > All activities directed upward and high-reaching one should perform in these. / The fourth is inauspicious, as are the sixth, eighth, ninth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.26) amāvāsyā pūrṇimā ca tadvādaśī ca caturdaśī / aśuklā pratipacchreṣṭhā dvitīyā candra sūnunā // > new moon, full moon, and likewise the twelfth and fourteenth. / The dark first lunar day is auspicious; the second is best with the son of the Moon \[Mercury\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.27) tṛtīyā bhūmiputreṇa caturtho ca śanaiścare / gurau śubhā pañcamī syātṣaṣṭīmaṅgalaśukrayoḥ // > the third is best with the son of the Earth \[Mars\]; the fourth on a Saturday. / The fifth is auspicious on a Thursday; the sixth on a Tuesday and a Friday; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.28) saptamī somaputreṇa aṣṭamī kujabhāskarau / navamī candravā(sau) reṇa daśamī tu gurau śubhā // > the seventh with the son of the Moon \[Mercury\]; the eighth on Mars's and the Sun's days; / the ninth on Monday; the tenth is auspicious on Thursday; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.29) ekādaśyā guruśukrau dvādaśyāṃ ca punarbudhaḥ / trayodaśī śukrabhaumau śanau śreṣṭhā caturdaśī // > the eleventh on Thursday and Friday; the twelfth with Mercury; / the thirteenth on Friday and Tuesday; the fourteenth is best on Saturday; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.30) paurṇamāsyapyamāvāsyā śreṣṭhā syācca bṛhaspatau / dvādaśīṃ dahate bhānuḥ śaśī caikādaśīṃ dahet // > and the full-moon day and the new-moon day are best on Thursday. / The Sun burns the twelfth lunar day, and the Moon burns the eleventh; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.31) kujo dahecca daśāmīṃ navamīṃ ca budho dahet / aṣṭamīṃ dahate jīvaḥ saptamīṃ bhārgavo dahet // > Mars burns the tenth, and Mercury burns the ninth; / Jupiter burns the eighth, and Venus burns the seventh; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.32) sūryaputro dahetṣaṣṭhīṃ gamanādyāsu nāsti vai / pratipannavamīṣveva caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca // > the son of the Sun \[Saturn\] burns the sixth, on which indeed travel and other such acts are forbidden. / On the first, ninth, fourteenth, and eighth lunar days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.33) budhavāreṇa prasthānaṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet / meṣe karkaṭake ṣaṣṭhī kanyāyāṃ mithune 'ṣṭamī // > one should completely avoid setting out on a journey on a Wednesday. / The sixth in Aries and Cancer; the eighth in Virgo and Gemini; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.34) vṛṣe kumbhe caturtho ca dvādaśī makare tule / daśamī vṛścike siṃhe dhanurmone caturdaśī // > the fourth in Taurus and Aquarius; the twelfth in Capricorn and Libra; / the tenth in Scorpio and Leo; the fourteenth in Sagittarius and Pisces— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.35) etā dagdhā na gantavyaṃ pīḍādiḥ kila mānavaiḥ / viśākhātrayamāditye pūrvāṣāḍhātraye śaśī // > these are 'burnt' \[tithis\]; men must not travel during them, for they bring suffering. / The triad beginning with Viśākhā on Sunday; the triad beginning with Pūrvāṣāḍhā on Monday; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.36) dhaniṣṭhātritayaṃ bhaume budhe vai revatītrayam / rohiṇyāditrayaṃ jīve śukre puṣyātrayaṃ śiva // > the triad of Dhaniṣṭhā on Tuesday; the triad of Revatī on Wednesday; / the triad beginning with Rohiṇī on Thursday; the triad of Puṣya on Friday, O Śiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.37) śanivāre varjayecca uttarāphalgunītrayam / eṣu yogeṣu cotpātamṛtyurogādikaṃ bhavet // > and on Saturday one should avoid the triad beginning with Uttarāphalgunī. / In these planetary combinations, misfortune, death, illness, and the like will occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.38) mūler'kaḥ śravaṇe candraḥ proṣṭhapadyuttare kujaḥ / kṛttikāsu budhaścaiva gurau rudra punarvasuḥ // > The Sun in Mūla, the Moon in Śravaṇā, Mars in Uttarābhādrapadā, / Mercury in Kṛttikā, and Punarvasu on Thursday, O Rudra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.39) pūrvaphalgunī śukre ca svātiścaiva śanaiśvare / etai cāmṛtayogāḥ syuḥ sarvakāryaprasādhakāḥ // > Pūrvaphalgunī on Friday, and Svātī on Saturday— / these are nectar-combinations, accomplishing all undertakings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.40) kālaṃ pravadhyanni?śaktidā? neṣṭamanda? / parvādistu jñeyaḥ kālaḥ kālaviśāradaiḥ // > \[...\] / Time, marked by the conjunctions and other occasions, must be known by those skilled in time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.41) ekīkṛtyākṣarānmātraṃ nāmnoḥ strīpuṃsayostribhiḥ / bhāge dviśeṣe strīnāśaḥ pusaḥ syādekaśūnyayoḥ // > Uniting the letters of the two names of a man and a woman into syllabic measures, when divided by three, / if two remain, the woman perishes; if one or zero, the man dies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.42) viṣkambhe ghaṭikāḥ pañca śūle sapta prakīrtitāḥ / ṣaḍgaṇḍe cātigaṇḍe ca nava vyāghātavajrayoḥ // > Five ghaṭikās are proclaimed in Viṣkambha, seven in Śūla, / six in Gaṇḍa and Atigaṇḍa, and nine in Vyāghāta and Vajra; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.43) vyatīpāte ca parighe vaidhṛte ca dinedine / etai mṛtyuyutā hyeṣu sarvakarmāṇi varjayet // > and \[the whole duration\] day by day in Vyatīpāta, Parigha, and Vaidhṛti— / accompanied by death, one must avoid all rites during these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.44) haster'kaśca guruḥ puṣye anurādhā budhe śubhā / rohiṇī ca śanau śreṣṭhā saumaṃ somena vai śubham // > The Sun in Hastā, Jupiter in Puṣya, Anurādhā on Wednesday is auspicious; / Rohiṇī on Saturday is best; Mṛgaśiras on Monday is auspicious; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.45) śukre ca revatī śreṣṭhā aśvinī maṅgale śubhā / eteṣu siddhiyogā vai sarvadoṣavināśanāḥ // > Revatī on Friday is best; and Aśvinī on Tuesday is auspicious. / In these are combinations of success, destroying all flaws. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.46) bhārgave bhaparaṇī caiva some citrā vṛṣadhvaja ! / bhaume cai vottarāṣāḍhā dhaniṣṭhā ca budhe hara ! // > Bharaṇī on Friday, Citrā on Monday, O bull-bannered god, / Uttarāṣāḍhā on Tuesday, and Dhaniṣṭhā on Wednesday, O Hara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.47) garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā / śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ // > Śatabhiṣā on Thursday, O Rudra, Rohiṇī on Friday, / and Revatī on Saturday, O Śambhu, are proclaimed as poison-combinations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.48) puṣyaḥ punarvasuścaiva revatī citrayā saha / śravaṇaṃ ca dhaniṣṭhā ca hastāśvanīmṛgāstathā // > Puṣya, Punarvasu, Revatī together with Citrā, > Śravaṇa, Dhaniṣṭhā, Hastā, Aśvinī, and Mṛgaśīrṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.49) kuryācchatabhiṣāyāṃ ca jātakarmādi mānavaḥ / viśākhā cottarātrīṇi maghārdrā bharaṇī tathā / āśleṣā kṛttikā rudra ! prasthāne maraṇapradāḥ // > and under Śatabhiṣā, a man should perform rites such as the birth ceremonies. > Viśākhā, the three Uttarās, Maghā, Ārdrā, Bharaṇī, > Āśleṣā, and Kṛttikā, O Rudra, cause death when setting out on a journey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.59.49.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.59.49.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe jyotiḥ śāstre nakṣatrataddevatādagdhayogādinirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fifty-ninth chapter, entitled “Description of the Lunar Mansions, Their Deities, Burnt Combinations, and the Like, in the Science of Astrology,” in the Section on Proper Conduct, within the first part of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.59.1) — English, machine 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