History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.616

v6.c81.616

There is a variance in the views of eminent writers about the exact time and the tithi for the vrata when 14th is mixed with other tithis (13th or Paurṇimā). Mādhava³⁸⁸ holds that mid-day is not the *karmakāla* in this vrata, but that tithi which exists at sunrise for three *muhūrtas* is the most suitable one for Ananta-vrata. The Nirṇayasindhu holds³⁸⁹ that Mādhava was mistaken because he relied for his decision on a general rule that the principal tithi to be accepted is the one that covers mid-day, that the Anantavrata is not mentioned in other purāṇas and also in other digests and that the passages of the Bhaviṣya and Skanda quoted by others are baseless and unauthoritative.