[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) › v5.c73.139.3 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.139.3 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.139.3 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c73.139.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.139.3) solstices), possession of sufficient materials (such as rice and pulse or meat), the arrival of a worthy brāhmaṇa, the equinoctial points (viṣuvat, i. e. the sun's apparent entrance into Aries and Balance), the days on which the sun passes into one \*rāśi\* from another, the astrological conjunctions called Vyatīpāta 838c, Gajacchāyā, eclipses of the sun and the moon, when the performer has an intense desire to perform śrāddha-these are times for performing śrāddha. The Mārkaṇ- deya838d (chap. 28. 22-23), adds that śrāddha should be performed when a man dreams an evil dream and when evil planets affect the nakṣatra of his birth. In an eclipse the appropriate time for śrāddha is what is called \*Sparśa Kāla\*⁸³⁹ (i e. when the eclipse begins), as stated in a verse of Vṛddha-Vasiṣṭha. The Brahmapurāṇa (220. 51-54) contains all the times specified by Yāj. and a few more. Vide also Skandapurāṇa VII. 1. 30-32, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 14. 4-6, Padma (sṛṣṭi 9. 128-129). Acc. to Viṣṇu Dh. S. 76. 1-2, Amāvāsyā, the three Aṣṭakās and the three Anvaṣṭakās, the 13th day of the dark half of Bhādrapada on which the moon is in \*Maghā\*, \*Śarad\* and \*Vasanta\* are obligatory (\*nitya\*) times for śrāddha and that if a person does not perform śrāddha on these days he goes to Hell. Viṣṇu Dh. S. (77. - [Previous: v5.c73.139.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.139.2) - [Next: v5.c73.139.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.139.4) - [Up: v5.c73.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.139) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.139.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.139.3) · Pramāṇa