History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.321

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The Br. S. (97. 6-11) states that on Dhruva nakṣatras the coronation of a king, śānti (propitiatory rite for averting impending evil or calamity), planting of trees, foundation of a city, charitable acts, sowing seeds, and other permanent acts should be done; on tīkṣṇa nakṣatras succeed attempts to harm, the acquisition of mantra (mystic verse or formula), raising ghosts, arrest (of a person), beating, separating (two friends or) relationships; *ugra* nakṣatras are to be used for success in extermination, destruction of another's property, cheating, arrest, poisoning, incendiarism, striking with a weapon, killing; kṣipra (or laghu) nakṣatras are declared as leading to success in sales, in making love, in the acquisition of knowledge, decoration, arts, crafts (such as carpentry), medicines, journeys; the mṛdu nakṣatras are beneficial in securing friends, sexual affairs, clothes, ornaments, auspicious ceremonies (marriage, *upanayana* &c.) and singing; the mṛdu-tīkṣṇa (or sādhāraṇa) nakṣatras produce mixed results (on which mild or fierce acts may be done); the cara nakṣatras are beneficial in doing fleeting actions The Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa provides that wise men engage in actions similar to the names of the groups of nakṣatras for attaining success. It should be noticed that some works like the Jyotiṣaratnamālā (III. 9) and the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi (II. 2-3) hold that Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday are respectively dhruva, cara, ugra, miśra, laghu, mṛdu, and tīkṣṇa and that actions that are appropriate for nakṣatras of those groups are appropriately performed on the respective week days.⁸³¹