History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.318

v6.c81.318

It is stated in the Agastyasaṁhitā²¹⁴ that Rāma was born at noon on the 9th of the bright half of Caitra, when Punarvasu asterism was occupied by the Moon and both the Moon and Jupiter were in conjunction and when five planets were in their *ucca* (exaltation), when the zodiacal sign rising on the eastern horizon was Karkaṭaka (Cancer), and when the Sun was in the sign of Meṣa (Aries) The Kālanirṇaya of Mādhava (pp 229-230) lays down the following. When navamī is spread over two days, then, if there is navamī at noon only on the earlier of the two days, the vrata should be performed on that day. If there is navamī at noon on both days, or if there is no navamī at noon on any day, then the vrata should be performed on navamī mixed with daśamī (and not on navamī mixed with astamī).²¹⁵ If the 9th tithi is conjoined to Punarvasu asterism that day, that tithi is most holy. Even when there is conjunction of aṣṭamī, navamī and Punarvasu, still the vrata should be on the next day (i. e. on navamī with daśamī) There are further minute rules and differences on this which are passed over here.