History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.256.1

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It appears that some centuries before the Christian era the 15 muhūrtas of the day had received names different from those in the Tai Br. The Baudhāyana-dharma-sūtra (II. 10. 26), Manu IV. 92 and Yāj. I. 115 prescribe⁷⁸⁷ that a householder should get up from his bed in the Brāhma-muhūrta (the last half watch of the night). The Brāhmamuhūrta is mentioned in Droṇaparva (80.23). In the Raghuvaṁśa (V. 36) Kālidāsa says that Aja was born on the Brāhma muhūrta (i. e. Abhijit of which Brahmā is the presiding deity) and in the Kumārasambhava (VII. 6) he says that the female relatives of Pārvatī decked her in readiness for her marriage on Maitra muhūrta and when the Moon was in Uttarā-Phalgunī-nakṣatra. tithi (5th). Besides, in several places auspicious tithis, nakṣatras and muhūrtas are mentioned in general (e. g. Sabhā 2. 15 and 25. 4, Vana 253. 28). The Ātharvaṇa Jyotiṣa (1. 6-11) names the 15 muhūrtas of the day as noted below.⁷⁸⁸ The Muhūrtadarśana (or Vidyā-mādhavīya) gives almost the same 15 names (except Gāndharva for Viśvāvasu), inserts Śakra before Vāruṇa and omits Saumya and states that seven of these are auspicious viz.⁷⁸⁹ Abhijit, Vairāja, Śveta, Sāvitra, Maitra, Bala and Vijaya. The Ādiparva (123.6) states that Yudhiṣṭhira was born when the moon was in the nakṣatra presided over by Indra (i.