Matsya Purana 206.2

206.2

matsya uvāca.
vaiśākhī paurṇamāsī ca grahaṇe śaśisūryayoḥ.
paurṇamāsītu yā māghe hyāṣāḍhī kārtikī tathā .. 206.2 ..

Matsya said:—"On the full moon-day in the month of Vaiśākha, Māgha, Āṣāḍha and Kārtika, on the twelfth lunar day of the sun's progress in the northern path, the giving away of the black deer-skin begets incalculable benefits. It should be given to a Agnihotrī Brāhmaṇa.—2-3