History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.249

v6.c81.249

The Gobhilagṛhyasūtra¹⁶⁷ when prescribing a day for the setting up of sacred fires mentions the coincidence of an auspicious *tithi* and *nakṣatra* and in another place refers to the worship of the lord of the tithi and of the nakṣatra and of the tithi itself. The Kauṣītaki-gṛhya (I. 25) speaks of offerings to the tithi on which a child was born and prescribes that the dedication of ponds, wells and tanks was to be made in the bright half of a month and on an auspicious tithi (V. 2).