History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.275.1

v6.c81.275.1

When the tithi in question is 60 ghaṭikās in extent and begins with sunrise (i e when it is pūrnā) there is no difficulty at all When a tithi is śuddhā in the sense given by the Dharmasindhu then also there is generally no difficulty. Some general rules have to be kept in mind. Śruti says¹⁸³ 'forenoon is for the gods, midday for men and afternoon for pitṛs'. Manu (IV. 152) says one should carry out morning duties, decorating the body, bath, brushing the teeth, applying collyrium to the eyes and worship of gods in forenoon alone'. Therefore all religious acts prescribed for being performed by day on certain tithis for gods must be begun in the morning even if the tithi is mixed with another on that day, but all vratas to be performed in the evening or night have to be performed on the tithi existing in the evening or night even¹⁸⁴ though it may be mixed up (viddhā) with another tithi Another matter to be noted is that in both halves of the month all tithis may affect the previous tithi and following tithi by three muhūrtas (i e six nāḍīs or ghaṭikās)¹⁸⁵ Some tithis produce *vedha* by a larger number of ghatikās e. g. the 5th makes sasthi affected by twelve nādīs, 10th makes 11th viddhā by 15 nādīs, &c. Viddhā tithis are in some cases fit for performing religious acts, sometimes they are not. All rites¹⁸⁶ of the śrauta or smārta type, vrata, dāna and every other act enjoined by the Veda do not yield proper reward as long as there is no determination of the tithi proper for it.