History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.259

v6.c81.259

From the words of the Gobhilagr̥hya quoted above it follows that long before the days of that work the several tithis were deemed to have certain deities as their lords (or presiding deities) Among the earliest extant enumerations about *tithipatis* (lords of tithis) is that in the Br̥hatsaṁhitā of Varāhamihira (chap. 98. 1-2) which sets them¹⁷⁴ out as follows (the tithis and their lords being mentioned in order):-1st Brahmā, 2nd Brahmā, 3rd Hari, 4th Yama, 5th the moon, 6th Kārtikeya, 7th Indra, 8th Vasus, 9th Nāgas, 10th Dharma, 11th Śiva, 12th Savitr̥, 13th Madana, 14th Kali, 15th Viśvedevas and of Amāvāsyā the pitr̥s. He further says that one should do on those tithis the acts that are appropriate to the lords of those tithis It appears that other writers differed somewhat from Varāhamihira, e. g the Ratnamālā sets¹⁷⁵ out the lords of tithis according to the Purāṇas as follows.–1st Agni, 2nd Brahmā, 3rd Girijā, 4th Gaṇeśa, 5th Nāga, 6th Viśākha (Skanda), 7th the Sun, 8th Śiva, 9th Durgā, 10th Yama, 11th Viṣṇu, 12th Hari, 13th Madana, 14th Śiva, 15th the Moon. The Skandapurāṇa (I. 1. 33. 78-82)