History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.757

v4.c63.t2.757

¹⁷⁶⁸ मैत्रे मुहूर्ते संप्राप्ते मृदर्चिषि दिवाकरे । कौमुदे मासि रेवत्यां शरद्न्ते हिमागमे ॥ उद्योगपर्व 83. 6-7. 15 muhūrtas of the day and 15 of the night are referred to even in the शतपथब्राह्मण X. 4. 2. 18, 25, 27 and the तैत्तिरीयब्राह्मण (III. 10. 1.1) mentions the names of the 15 muhūrtas of the day (such as Citra, Ketu &c.). In the Kumārasambhava VII. 6 the *maitra* muhūrta is mentioned in connection with ceremonies preceding marriage. The commentators explain maitra as the 3rd muhūrta after sunrise. In the Atharva Jyotiṣa fifteen muhūrtas of the day are enumerated of which the first three are Raudra, Śveta and Maitra.