History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.233

v6.c81.233

The philosophical discussions on Time and on its division into year, *ayana* (the Sun's apparent motion in the two regions of the celestial sphere), *ṛtus* (seasons), māsa (month), pakṣa (half month,) week, days &c will be taken up in the next section. But the exact determination of the question as to the day on which a *tithivrata* is to be performed when the *tithi* spreads over two days occupies a very large space in works on dharmaśāstra