History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.320

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The ceremony is to be performed on an auspicious day as set out in note 494 above. Āp. gṛ. 16. 3 says it should be performed when the moon is in conjunction with Punarvasu nakṣatra, while Mānava gṛ. says that it should not be done on the 9th *tithi* of a month. Later works like the Saṁskāraprakāśa (pp. 299–315) give very intricate rules about the auspicious times, which rules are passed over here. The most exhaustive treatment of this ceremony in the sūtra works is to be found in Āśv., Gobhila, Vārāha 4 and Pār. II. 1.