History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.316

v6.c82.316

How people had become almost crazy with the idea of finding out a *muhūrta* for everything from shaving, wearing a new garment to such solemn matters as marriage is well illustrated by the provision of a muhūrta for a theft in the Muhūrta-muktāvali, viz. the act of thieving succeeds when done on the nakṣatras Āśleṣā, Mṛgaśiras, Bharaṇī, Svāti, Dhaniṣṭhā, Citrā and Anurādhā, on a Saturday or a Tuesday and on a *riktā tithi* (4th, 9th and 14th).⁸²⁸