Matsyapurana 83.9

83.9

śuklāyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ vā puṇyarkṣe vā vidhānataḥ
dhānyaśailādayo deyā yathāśāstraṃ vijānatā //

Now I shall explain to you the ways of giving away the different hills enumerated above. The hills made of grain, salt, &c., should be given away on the following occasions:—on the day of the sacred equinoctial and solsticial sankrântis, at the time of Vyatîpâta, on the day of the conjunction of three tithis (tryahasparśa), on the third day of the bright fortnight, on the occasion of an eclipse, on the amâvasyâ day, on the occasion of the sacrificial rites connected with the marriage ceremonies, and other festivals, on the 12th day of the bright fortnight, on the full moon day, and on the day of the moon being in a sacred asterism.—7-9.