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The *hala-prasāraṇa* is to be done in the Nakṣatras Svāti, Uttaraphālgunī, Uttarāṣāḍā, Uttarabhādrapada, Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśiras, Mūlā, Punarvasu, Puṣyā, Śravaṇā and Hastā, on Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Wednesday (but not on the remaining days) and on the second, third, fifth, seventh, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth lunar mansions (but not on the first, fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth, twelfth and fourteenth). For this the sun’s entrance (*lagna*) into Vṛṣa, Mīna, Kanyā, Yugma, Dhanuṣ and Vṛścika are auspicious, whereas inauspicious ones are Meṣa, Karkaṭa, Siṃha, Kumbha, Makara and Tulā (*Ibid.*, verses 121-24).