History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.512

v6.c82.512

Marriage⁹²⁹ in the case of maidens should be performed in even years after the 6th year if Jupiter is auspicious; in the case of bridegrooms marriage is auspicious (in uneven years), if the Sun is auspicious; marriage is auspicious to both if the Moon is beneficent If Jupiter is in exaltation⁹³⁰ or in its own house or in the house of a friendly planet then he confers full life, various kinds of wealth and happiness, but if Jupiter is in the first or 8th or is depressed or in the house of an enemical planet or lost in the brilliance of the Sun he produces widowhood and distress to the issue. As regards the *lagna* at the time of marriage the Sun in the 3rd, 6th, 8th from it, the Moon in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th place from it, Mars in the 3rd and 6th, Mercury and Jupiter in the 8th and 12th are to be avoided. If Venus is in the *lagna* or in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th or 10th place from it, Saturn, Rāhu and Ketu in 3rd, 6th and 8th from it and every planet in the 11th place from *lagna* conduces to happiness in marriage. If at the time of marriage Jupiter⁹³¹ is 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th from the *rāśi* of birth he is auspicious to the maiden; if in 1st, 3rd, 6th or 10th place therefrom, he becomes beneficent by performing a *śānti* rite; if he is 4th, 8th or 12th he is inauspicious: but if Jupiter is (at the time of marriage) in Karka, Dhanus or Mīna, he ceases to be inauspicious even though he may be in the 4th, 8th or 12th place (from *rāśi* of birth); in a time of pressing difficulty Jupiter though in the 4th or 12th becomes auspicious after performing two *śāntis* (Bṛhaspati *homas*) and though in the 8th after three *śāntis*. In the case of the bridegroom the Sun in the 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th *rāśi* from the bridegroom's *rāśi* at birth is auspicious; if in other *rāśis* the Sun becomes auspicious after the performance of a *homa*.