History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.519

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A good deal is said in the medieval works on Siṁhastha Guru and the rules laid down on this topic are even now observed by most people. The Rājamārtaṇḍa devotes six verses to it. When Jupiter is in the sign Lion several rites would become inauspicious such as marching on an invasion, marriage, upanayana, first entrance in a newly built house, the establishment of the image of a god. Certain modifications were introduced by sages. Parāśara provided that no marriage should be performed in the countries between the Ganges and the Godāvarī, when Jupiter was in Lion sign and that when Jupiter was in Maghā nakṣatra (the first of the 2¼ nakṣatras of Siṁha) and when the Sun was in Mīna no marriage in all the countries (of India) should take place; Vasiṣṭha said 'marriage and Upanayana are not bad in *siṁhastha* Guru when performed in a country north of the Ganges and to the south of the Godāvarī.⁹³³