[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c41.4.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c41.4.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c41.4.2 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c41.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c41.4.2) 142 provides three times viz. on the full moon day of Śrāvaṇa or on a day (in Śrāvaṇa) when the moon is in conjunction with the Śravaṇa nakṣatra or on the 5th tithi of Śrāvaṇa if the moon is in conjunction with Hasta. The Kūrmapurāṇa (Uttarārdha 14. 60-61) holds that Upākarma should be performed on the full moon day of either Śrāvaṇa, Āṣāḍha or Bhādrapada. In this rather bewildering variety of opinions commentators like the Mit. prescribed that one should follow one's gṛhyasūtra.¹⁹²⁴ This means (as stated by Medhātithi on Manu IV. 95) that the full moon of Bhādrapada being mentioned by Gobhila gṛ. and Khādira gṛ. Chandogas (students of the Sāmaveda) should perform upākarma on that day; but as Āp. Dh. S. speaks only of the full moon of Srāvaṇa, the followers of the Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda should perform upākarma only that day. When there is no rain and so no herbs appear in Śrāvaṇa or when that day is inauspicious owing to an eclipse or the like, Upākarma may be performed on the full moon day of Bhādrapada by those whose gṛhya sūtra allows the option of two months or on the fifth of the bright half of Śrāvaṇa. But if both days of the full moon in the two months are inauspicious, then Upākarma should be performed on the full moon of Śrāvaṇa. As the Baud. gṛ. refers to the full moon of Āṣāḍha, the followers of the Black Yājurveda may perform upākarma on Āṣāḍha full moon, if the full moon of Śrāvaṇa is not available. - [Previous: v3.c41.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c41.4.1) - [Next: v3.c41.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c41.4.3) - [Up: v3.c41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c41.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c41.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c41.4.2) · Pramāṇa