[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s8.153 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s8.153 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s8.153 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.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 - [Previous: v1.c5.s8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s8.152) - [Next: v1.c5.s8.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s8.154) - [Up: v1.c5.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s8.153) · Pramāṇa