The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.153

v1.c5.s8.153

*Candra* (viii)—the moon who completes in two fortnights the circuit which the sun makes in a year. He is the life of all living beings and occupies each of the twenty-eight constellations for thirty muhūrtas (a day)¹ Lord of plants, yajñas, vratas and tapas, not going near Rohini, a bad omen;² the whitish dark spot in it appears like a śara;³ its maṇḍalam made of clouds and waters as of Sūrya; here is the sthāna of all deities, planets, etc., the size of the moon is twice that of the sun; is reckoned as Vasu in the Vaivasvata epoch;⁴ grows through the effulgence of the sun and is known as Idvatsara, has 15 kalas and not 16⁵