History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.826

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These are *nitya* (ever-recurring) Yogas The Ratnamālā states that they yield good or bad results in keeping with their names. The Muhūrtadarśana¹¹¹¹ states that among these 27 yogas nine are condemned, viz. Parigha, Vyatīpāta, Vajra, Vyāghāta, Vaidhṛti, Viṣkambha, Śūla, Gaṇḍa¹¹¹² and Atigaṇḍa. The Ratnamālā provides that Vyatīpāta and Vaidhṛti are wholly inauspicious, the first half of Parigha is so and only the first quarter of those Yogas the names of which are odious; and that one should avoid in all auspicious rites the first three ghaṭikās in Viṣkambha and Vajra, nine ghaṭis in Vyāghāta, five in Śūla, six in Gaṇḍa and Atigaṇḍa. The Agnipuraṇa¹¹¹³ (127. 1–2) has similar verses. The Kālanirṇaya-kārikā¹¹¹⁴ provides that when a Yoga spreads over two days, fasts and the like are to be observed on the first of the two days provided that Yoga exists at sunset on that day, and vratas and religious gifts are to be performed on the latter (of two days) provided the Yoga exists for three *muhūrtas* (i. e. six ghaṭis) after sunrise and for śrāddha the day on which the Yoga extends over the time required for the śrāddha rite should be accepted.