by Rama Daivajna · 13 chapters
The gem of auspicious timing by Rama Daivajna, the classical manual of electional astrology (muhurta) covering nakshatra virtue, sankranti, gochara, samskaras, vivaha, yatra, vastu, and grihapravesha timings.
गौरीशवः केतकपत्रभङ्गमाकृष्य हस्तेन ददन्मुखाग्रे। विघ्नं मुहूर्त्तकलितद्वितीयदन्तप्ररोहो हरतु द्विपास्यः
Invocation: May Ganesha — elephant-faced, who draws out a ketaka-flower petal from Parvati's ear and holds it to his lips like his second sprouting tusk for a muhurta — remove all our obstacles. [per Awasthi Tika]
क्रियाकलापप्रतिपत्तिहेतुं संक्षिप्तसारार्थविलासगर्भम्। अनन्तदैवज्ञसुतः स रामो मुहूर्त्तचिन्तामणिमातनोति
Anantadaivajna's son, Rama, extends (composes) the Muhurta Chintamani — a work that is the cause of rightly performing rites such as Jatakarma, holding essential meaning in brief words with graceful charm, teaching what muhurtas are auspicious and what are not. [per Awasthi Tika]
तिथीशा वह्निकी गौरी गणेशोऽहिर्गुहो रविः। शिवो दुर्गान्तको विश्वे हरिः कामः शिवः शशी
The lords of the fifteen tithis in order from Pratipada are: Agni, Brahma, Gauri (Parvati), Ganesha, the Serpent (Naga), Guha (Kartikeya), Surya, Shiva, Durga, Antaka (Yama), Vishvedeva, Hari (Vishnu), Kamadeva, Shiva, and Shashi (Moon); Amavasya belongs to the Pitris. Worship or installation performed under the tithi whose lord presides over that deity bears auspicious fruit. [per Awasthi Tika]