History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s75.17

v1.c6.s75.17

The Kṛtyacintāmaṇi is divided into sections called *prakāśas*. It deals with astronomical matters in relation to the performance of several religious ceremonies and saṁskāras, such as *tārāśuddhi*, the intercalary month, garbhādhāna, sīmantonnayana, birth of a child on the Mūla nakṣatra, the rites on the 6th day after birth, nāmakaraṇa, the movements of Saturn, Sun's passage from one sign into another, the results of eclipses etc.