History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.593

v6.c82.593

Coming to historical times, Bāṇabhaṭṭa⁹⁷⁴ in the Harṣacari (4th Ucchvāsa) tells us that Harṣa was born on the 12th of t dark half of the month of Jyeṣṭha, on Kṛttikā nakṣatra, at nig fall when all the planets were in exaltation. But Bāṇa delightfully vague about the name of the *lagna* and it is n clear what he means by 'all planets' being in exaltation. the end of Jyeṣṭha the Sun cannot be in Meṣa, which is t *ucca* of the Sun, but may be in Vṛṣabha or Mithuna.