History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.510

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There is some difference of opinion about the auspicious nakṣatras for marriage, but all are agreed as to Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśiras, Maghā, Uttarā-Phalgunī, Uttarāṣāḍhā, Uttarābhādrapadā, Hasta, Svātī, Mūla, Anurādhā, Revatī (vide *Bṛ. S.* 100. 1). Others like Haradatta add four more viz. Aśvinī, Citrā, Śravaṇa, Dhaniṣṭhā. But if any one of these is in conjunction with a malefic planet, it should be avoided. Among weekdays, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are auspicious, the other three are middling. According to a verse quoted in Jyotistattva weekdays have no force at night and particularly Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.⁹²⁸ Among tithis amāvāsyā is forbidden; *riktā* tithis (4th, 9th, 14th) yield little good, the other tithis yield much good; the bright half of a month is the best and the dark half of a month upto 13th tithi is middling.