History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.234.6

v6.c81.234.6

A man about to perform an iṣṭi on New Moon (*darśeṣṭi*) does certain acts that are done on the day previous to amāvāsyā such as using the sour curds from last night's milking for coagulating the sacrificial food (i. e milk), separating the calves from the cows in the afternoon with a *palāśa* twig; and taking some husked rice, he thinks, owing to cloudy weather or through miscalculation, that the moon would not be seen in the sky the next morning, does not actually set apart a few handfuls of husked rice (meant as *nirvāpa* for the gods) or sets them apart, then the next day the moon is seen in the sky (i e the next day is really 14th tithi instead of amāvāsyā) It is then prescribed that he has to perform an expiatory rite called Abhyuditeṣṭi Vide Tai S. II 5. 5. 1-2 and Śat Br. XI 1. 4 1-2 quoted¹⁶⁶ below.