Muhurta Chintamani Ch. 1: Śubhāśubha Prakaraṇam

Verse 1 — Mangalacharana: Salutation to Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles

गौरीशवः केतकपत्रभङ्गमाकृष्य हस्तेन ददन्मुखाग्रे। विघ्नं मुहूर्त्तकलितद्वितीयदन्तप्ररोहो हरतु द्विपास्यः

gaurīśavaḥ ketakapatrabhaṅgam ākṛṣya hastena dadan mukhāgre | vighnaṃ muhūrttakalitadvitīyadantapraroho haratu dvipāsyaḥ

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]

Verse 2 — Grantha Prarambha: Rama Daivajna Composes Muhurta Chintamani

क्रियाकलापप्रतिपत्तिहेतुं संक्षिप्तसारार्थविलासगर्भम्। अनन्तदैवज्ञसुतः स रामो मुहूर्त्तचिन्तामणिमातनोति

kriyākalāpapratipattihetuṃ saṃkṣiptasārārthavilāsagarbham | anantadaivajñasutaḥ sa rāmo muhūrttacintāmaṇim ātanoti

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]

Verse 3 — Lords of the Fifteen Tithis (Tithi Devatas)

तिथीशा वह्निकी गौरी गणेशोऽहिर्गुहो रविः। शिवो दुर्गान्तको विश्वे हरिः कामः शिवः शशी

titheśā vahnikī gaurī gaṇeśo 'hir guho raviḥ | śivo durgāntako viśve hariḥ kāmaḥ śivaḥ śaśī

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]

Verse 4 — Five Tithi Classes (Nanda, Bhadra, Jaya, Rikta, Purna) and Siddha Tithis

नन्दा च भद्रा च जया च रिक्ता पूर्णेति तिथ्योऽशुभमध्यशस्ताः। सितेऽसिते शस्तसमाधमाः स्युः सितज्ञभौमार्किगुरौ च सिद्धाः

nandā ca bhadrā ca jayā ca riktā pūrṇeti tithyo 'śubhamadhyashastāḥ | site 'site shastasamādhamāḥ syuḥ sitajñabhaumārkigurau ca siddhāḥ

Nanda (1,6,11), Bhadra (2,7,12), Jaya (3,8,13), Rikta (4,9,14) and Purna (5,10,15, and Amavasya) are the tithi classes. In the bright fortnight they act inauspicious, middling and excellent in order (Pratipada-lowest, Shashthi-middle, Ekadashi-best); in the dark fortnight the grading reverses. When respectively falling on Friday (Nanda), Wednesday (Bhadra), Tuesday (Jaya), Saturday (Rikta) and Thursday (Purna), they become Siddha — accomplishers of the work undertaken. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 5 — Dagdha (Scorched) Tithis by Weekday and Dagdha Nakshatras — Mrityu Formula

नन्दा भद्रा नन्दिकाख्या जया च रिक्ताभद्रापूर्णसंज्ञाधमार्कात्। याम्यां त्वाष्ट्रं वैष्णवेन्द्रं धनिष्ठाऽर्यमणं ज्येष्ठान्त्यं रवेर्द्दग्धभं स्यात्

nandā bhadrā nandikākhyā jayā ca riktābhadrapūrṇasaṃjñādhamārkāt | yāmyāṃ tvāṣṭraṃ vaiṣṇavendraṃ dhaniṣṭhā 'ryamaṇaṃ jyeṣṭhāntyaṃ raver ddagdhabhaṃ syāt

Beginning from Sunday, the tithis Nanda, Bhadra, Nandi(nanda), Jaya, Rikta, Bhadra and Purna become Mrityu-sangya (dagdha/scorched): Sunday-Nanda, Monday-Bhadra, Tuesday-Nanda, Wednesday-Jaya, Thursday-Rikta, Friday-Bhadra, Saturday-Purna — no auspicious work should be done in them. Ancient teachers instead hold certain ones Amrita (nectar-giving, auspicious): per their verse, Nanda on Sunday-Tuesday, Bhadra on Friday-Monday, Jaya on Wednesday, Rikta on Thursday, Purna on Sunday are amrita-shubha. The dagdha nakshatras by weekday are: Bharani (Sun), Chitra (Mon), Uttara-Ashadha (Tue), Dhanishtha (Wed), Uttara-Phalguni (Thu), Jyeshtha (Fri), Revati (Sat) — no auspicious work in these either. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 6 — Krakacha and Samvarta Yogas; Dantadhavana Prohibition

षष्ठ्यादितिथयो मन्दाद्विलोमं प्रतिपद्बुधे। सप्तम्यर्केऽधमाः षष्ठ्याद्या दन्ताधावने अधमाः

ṣaṣṭhyāditithayo mandād vilomaṃ pratipad budhe | saptamy arke 'dhamāḥ ṣaṣṭhyādyā dantādhāvane 'dhamāḥ

From Saturn moving backwards, Shashthi and the following tithis in direct order become inferior (Krakacha Yoga): Saturday-Shashthi, Friday-Saptami, Thursday-Ashtami, Wednesday-Navami, Tuesday-Dashami, Monday-Ekadashi, Sunday-Dwadashi. Wednesday-Pratipada and Sunday-Saptami too are inferior (Samvarta Yoga) — perform no auspicious work in these. Shashthi, Pratipada and Amavasya are forbidden for cleaning the teeth (dantadhavana). [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 7 — Tithi Prohibitions: Oil, Meat, Kshaura, Intimacy, Unction and Amla Bath

षष्ठ्यष्टमीभूतविधुक्षयेषु नो सेवेत ना तैलपले क्षुरं रतम्। नाभ्यञ्जनं विश्वषड्ढिके तिथौ धात्रीफलैः स्नानमद्रिगोष्ठवत्

ṣaṣṭyaṣṭamībhūtavidhukṣayeṣu no seveta nā tailapale kṣuraṃ ratam | nābhyañjanaṃ viśvaṣaḍḍhike tithau dhātrīphalaiḥ snānam adrigoṣṭhavat

On the 6th one should not consume oil (taila), on the 8th meat (pala), on the 14th engage the razor (kshaura), and on Amavasya intimacy (rati). Unction (abhyanjana) is to be skipped on the 13th, 10th and 2nd tithis, and bathing with dhatri (amla) fruit avoided on Amavasya, Saptami and Navami. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 8 — Dagdha, Visha and Hutashana Tithi-Yogas by Weekday

सूरेष्वशिखिभाग्निरसाष्टनन्दा वेदाङ्गसप्ताश्विगजाङ्कशैलाः। सूर्याद्विसप्तोरगगोदिगीशा दग्धा विषाख्याश्च हुताशनाश्च

sureṣvaśikhibhāgnir asāṣṭanandā vedāṅgasaptāśvigajāṅkaśailāḥ | sūryādvisaptoragagodigīśā dagdhā viṣākhyāś ca hutāshanāś ca

Three scorched-form tithi yogas arise by weekday. Dagdha: Sunday-12th, Monday-11th, Tuesday-5th, Wednesday-3rd, Thursday-6th, Friday-8th, Saturday-9th. Visha (poison): Sunday-4th, Monday-6th, Tuesday-7th, Wednesday-2nd, Thursday-8th, Friday-9th, Saturday-7th. Hutashana (fire): Sunday-12th, Monday-6th, Tuesday-7th, Wednesday-8th, Thursday-9th, Friday-10th, Saturday-11th. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 9 — Yamaghanta Yoga: Death-Knot Nakshatra-Weekday Junctions

सूर्याद्विवारे तिथयो भवन्ति मघाविशाखाशिवमूलवह्निः। ब्राह्मं करोकार्क्ययमघण्टकाश्च शुभे विवर्ज्यगमने त्ववश्यम्

sūryādivāre tithayo bhavanti maghāviśākhāśivamūlavahniḥ | brāhmaṃ karo kārkyayamaghaṇṭakāś ca śubhe vivarjyagamane tvavaśyam

Counting weekdays from Sunday, the nakshatras Magha, Vishakha, Ardra, Mula, Krittika, Rohini and Hasta form Yamaghanta yoga respectively — Sunday-Magha, Monday-Vishakha, Tuesday-Ardra, Wednesday-Mula, Thursday-Krittika, Friday-Rohini, Saturday-Hasta. These are to be avoided in all auspicious works, and in travel (gamana) absolutely without exception. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 10 — Shunya (Void) Tithis of the Months, Both Fortnights

भाद्रे चन्द्रदृशौ नभस्यनलनेत्रे माधवे द्वादशी पौषे वेदशरा इषे दशशिवा मार्गेऽद्रिनागा मधौ। गोऽष्टौ चोभयपक्षगाश्च तिथयः शून्या बुधैः कीर्तिता उर्जाषाढतपस्यशुक्रतपसां कृष्णे शराङ्गाब्धयः शक्राः पञ्च सिते शक्राद्रयग्निविश्वरसाः क्रमात्

bhādre candradṛśau nabhasyanalanetre mādhave dvādaśī pauṣe vedaśarā iṣe daśaśivā mārge 'drināgā madhau | go 'ṣṭau cobhayapakṣagāś ca tithayaḥ śūnyā budhaiḥ kīrtitā urjāṣāḍhatapasyaśukratapasāṃ kṛṣṇe śarāṅgābdhayaḥ śakrāḥ pañca site śakrādrayagniviśvarasāḥ kramāt

Void (shunya) tithis in both pakshas: Bhadrapada — 1st & 2nd; Shravana — 2nd & 3rd; Vaishakha — 12th; Pausha — 4th & 5th; Kartika — 10th & 11th; Margashirsha — 7th & 8th; Chaitra — 8th & 9th. Additionally, Krishna-paksha voids: Kartika-5th, Ashadha-6th, Phalguna-4th, Jyeshtha-14th, Magha-5th; and in those same months' Shukla paksha respectively the 14th, 7th, 3rd, 13th and 6th are void. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 11 — Nindya Nakshatra-Tithi Combos: Ashlesha-Dwadashi, U.Ashadha-Pratipada

तथा निन्द्यं शुभे सार्पं द्वादश्यां वैश्वमादिमे

tathā nindyaṃ śubhe sārpaṃ dvādaśyāṃ vaiśvamādime

Likewise condemned (nindya) for auspicious work: the serpent star Ashlesha on Dwadashi, and Vishva-related Uttarashadha on Pratipada. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 12 — Nindya Combos II: Anuradha-Dvitiya, Magha-Panchami, Trin-Uttara-Tritiya, Rohini-Ekadashi

अनुराधा द्वितीयायां पञ्चम्यां पितृभं तथा। त्र्युत्तराश्च तृतीयायामेकादश्यां च रोहिणी

anurādhā dvitīyāyāṃ pañcamyāṃ pitṛbhaṃ tathā | tryuttarāś ca tṛtīyāyām ekādaśyāṃ ca rohiṇī

Condemned unions continue: Anuradha on Dwitiya; Magha (Pitribha) on Panchami; the three Uttaras (Uttara-Phalguni, Uttara-Ashadha, Uttara-Bhadrapada) on Tritiya; and Rohini on Ekadashi — no auspicious work when these meet. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 13 — Nindya Combos III: Swati-Chitra, Hasta-Mula, Krittika, P.Bhadra, Rohini Pairs

स्वातीचित्रे त्रयोदश्यां सप्तम्यां हस्तराक्षसे। नवम्यां कृत्तिकाऽष्टम्यां पूर्वा षष्ठ्यां च रोहिणी

svātīcitre trayodaśyāṃ saptamyāṃ hasta-rākṣase | navamyāṃ kṛttikā 'ṣṭamyāṃ pūrvā ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca rohiṇī

Swati and Chitra on Trayodashi, Hasta and Mula (rakshasa) on Saptami, Krittika on Navami, Purva-Bhadrapada on Ashtami, and Rohini on Shashthi are condemned — avoid auspicious work in these meetings. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 14 — Shunya Nakshatras by Lunar Month (Part 1)

कदात्मभे त्वाष्ट्रवायू विश्वेज्यौ भगवासवौ। वैश्वश्रुती पाशिपौष्णे अजपादग्निपितृभे

kadātmabhe tvāṣṭravāyū viśvejyau bhagavāsavau | vaiśvaśrutī pāśipauṣne ajapādagnipitṛbhe

Month-wise void (shunya) nakshatras: Chaitra — Rohini & Ashwini; Vaishakha — Chitra & Swati; Jyeshtha — U.Ashadha & Pushya; Ashadha — P.Phalguni & Dhanishtha; Shravana — U.Ashadha & Shravana; Bhadrapada — Shatabhisha & Revati; Kartika — Krittika & Magha; Magha — Shravana & Mula. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 15 — Shunya Nakshatras by Lunar Month (Part 2) — Wealth-Destroyers

चित्राद्वीशौ शिवाश्वर्कौ। श्रुतिमूले यमेन्द्रभे। चैत्रादिमासे शून्याख्यास्तारा वित्तविनाशाः

citrādvīśau śivāśvarkau | śrutimūle yamendrabhe | caitrādimāse śūnyākhyās tārā vittavināśāḥ

(Continuing the monthly register:) Kuwar (Ashwina) — P.Bhadrapada; Agahan (Margashirsha) — Chitra & Vishakha; Pausha — Ardra, Ashwini & Hasta; Falguna — Bharani & Jyeshtha. From Chaitra onwards these stars, called shunya, are destroyers of wealth when employed in auspicious acts like marriage. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 16 — Shunya Rashis (Lagnas) by Month

घटो झषो गौर्मिथुनं मेषकन्यालितौलिनः। धनुः कर्को मृगः सिंहश्चैत्रादौ शून्यराशयः

ghaṭo jhaṣo gaur mithunaṃ meṣakanyālitaulinaḥ | dhanuḥ karko mṛgaḥ siṃhaś caitrādau śūnyarāśayaḥ

Void ascendants by month: Chaitra — Aquarius; Vaishakha — Pisces; Jyeshtha — Taurus; Ashadha — Gemini; Shravana — Aries; Bhadrapada — Virgo; Kartika(Ashwina) — Scorpio; Agahan — Sagittarius; Pausha — Cancer; Magha — Capricorn; Falguna — Leo. No auspicious work should be initiated under these void lagnas. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 17 — Dagdha Lagnas on Odd (Vishama) Tithis of Both Pakshas

पक्षादितस्त्वोजतिथौ घटैणौ मृगेन्द्रनक्रौ मिथुनाङ्गने च। चापेन्दुभे कर्कहरी हयान्त्यौ गोन्यौ च नेष्टे तिथिशून्यलग्ने

pakṣāditastvojatithau ghaṭaiṇau mṛgendranakrau mitunāṅgane ca | cāpendubhe karkaharī hayāntyau gonyau ca neṣṭe tithiśūnyalagne

On odd (vishama) tithis of both fortnights the following lagnas are dagdha (scorched): Pratipada — Libra & Capricorn; Tritiya — Leo & Capricorn; Panchami — Gemini & Virgo; Saptami — Cancer & Sagittarius; Navami — Cancer & Leo; Ekadashi — Sagittarius & Pisces; Trayodashi — Taurus & Pisces. Perform no auspicious work under them. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 18 — Regional Scope: Void Tithis-Lagnas Bind Madhyadesha Only

तिथयो मासशून्याश्च शून्यलग्नानि यान्यपि। मध्यदेशे विवर्ज्यानि न दूष्याणीतरेषु तु

tithayo māsaśūnyāś ca śūnyalagnāni yāny api | madhyadeśe vivarjyāni na dūṣyāṇītareṣu tu

The month-void tithis and void lagnas declared above are to be rejected only in the Madhyadesha (central country); they do not defect other regions. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 19 — Pangu-Andha-Kana Lagnas and Void Rashis: Gauda-Malava Rule

पङ्ग्वन्धकाणलग्नानि मासशून्याश्च राशयः। गौडमालवयोस्त्याज्या अन्यदेशे न गर्हिताः

paṅgvandhakāṇalagnāni māsaśūnyāś ca rāśayaḥ | gauḍamālavayoḥ tyājyā anyadeśe na garhitāḥ

The lame (pangu), blind (andha) and one-eyed (kana) lagnas, together with the month-void rashis, are to be avoided in the Gauda and Malava countries; in other regions they are not censured. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 20 — Tyaja Triplets: Tithi-Nakshatra-Weekday Rejections

वर्जयेत्सर्वकार्येषु हस्तार्कं पञ्चमीतिथौ। भौमाश्विनीं च सप्तम्यां षष्ठीं चान्द्रेन्द्वं तथा

varjayet sarvakāryeṣu hastārkaṃ pañcamītithau | bhaumāśvinīṃ ca saptamyāṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ cāndrendvaṃ tathā

Renounce in all works: Panchami joined with Hasta and Sunday; Saptami with Ashwini and Tuesday; Shashthi with Mrigashira and Monday; Ashtami with Anuradha and Wednesday; Dashami with Revati and Friday; Navami with Pushya and Thursday; Ekadashi with Rohini and Saturday. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 21 — Tyaja Triplets II: Mercury-Anuradha, Venus-Revati, Jupiter-Pushya, Saturn-Rohini

बुधानुराधामष्टम्यां दशम्यां भृगुरेवतीम्। नवम्यां गुरुपुष्यं चैकादश्यां शनिरोहिणीम्

budhānurādhām aṣṭamyāṃ daśamyāṃ bhṛgurevatīm | navamyāṃ gurupuṣyaṃ caikādaśyāṃ śanirohiṇīm

To be renounced: Wednesday carrying Anuradha with Ashtami; Friday carrying Revati with Dashami; Thursday carrying Pushya with Navami; Saturday carrying Rohini with Ekadashi. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 22 — Activity-Specific Vetoes: Grihapravesha, Yatra, Vivaha Star Bans

गृहप्रवेशे यात्रायां विवाहे च यथाक्रमम्। भौमेऽश्विनीं शनौ ब्राह्मं गुरौ पुष्यं विवर्जयेत्

gṛhapraveśe yātrāyāṃ vivāhe ca yathākramam | bhaume 'śvinīṃ śanau brāhmaṃ gurau puṣyaṃ vivarjayet

In order: avoid respectively for house-entry, travel and marriage — Ashwini falling on Tuesday (blocks grihapravesha), Rohini on Saturday (blocks yatra), and Pushya on Thursday (blocks vivaha); these star-weekday pairs must not be used for their listed rites. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 23 — The Twenty-Eight Yogas Named (Anandadi List, Part 1)

आनन्दाख्यः कालदण्डश्च धूम्रो धातासौम्यौ ध्वाङ्क्षकेतू क्रमेण। श्रीवत्साह्वो वज्रकं मुद्गरश्च छत्रं मित्रं मानसं पद्मलुम्बौ

ānandākhyaḥ kāladaṇḍaś ca dhūmro dhātā saumyau dhvāṅkṣaketū krameṇa | śrīvatsāhvo vajrakaṃ mudgaraś ca chatraṃ mitraṃ mānasaṃ padmalumbau

Named in order: Ananda, Kaladanda, Dhumra, Dhata, Saumya, Dhwanksha, Ketu, Shrivatsa, Ahva(hanka?), Vajra, Mudgara, Chhatra, Mitra, Manasa, Padma, Lumba — the first sixteen of the twenty-eight yogas. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 24 — The Twenty-Eight Yogas Named (Part 2): Name-Borne Fruits

उत्पातमृत्यू किल कार्यसिद्धी शुभोऽमृताख्यो मुसलं गदश्च। मातङ्गरक्षश्चरमुस्थिराख्यप्रवर्द्धमानाः फलदाः स्वनाम्ना

utpātamṛtyū kila kāryasiddhī śubho 'mṛtākhyo musalaṃ gadaś ca | mātaṅgarakṣaś caram usthirākhyapravarddhamānāḥ phaladāḥ svanāmnā

(Completing the register:) Utpata, Mrityu, Karya-Siddhi, Shubha, Amrita, Musala, Gada, Matanga, Rakshasa, Chara, Susthira and Pravarddhamana — all twenty-eight yogas deliver results resembling their own names. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 25 — Anandadi Yoga Calculation: Weekday Starting Stars

दारुद्वार्कें मृगादिन्दौ सार्पाद्द्रौमे कराद्बुधे। मैत्राद्गुरौ भृगौ वैश्वाद्गण्या मन्दे च वारुणात्

dārudvārkeṃ mṛgādindau sārpād draume karād budhe | maitrād gurau bhṛgau vaiśvād gaṇyā mande ca vāruṇāt

Count (including Abhijit) from Sunday beginning Ashwini, Monday Mrigashira, Tuesday Ashlesha, Wednesday Hasta, Thursday Anuradha, Friday Uttara-Ashadha, Saturday Shatabhisha, up to the day's nakshatra; the count's position in the Anandadi list names that day's yoga. Example: on a Sunday with Shravana rising, counting from Ashwini makes Gada the 23rd — so Gada yoga prevails that Sunday. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 26 — Nadika Dosha Windows Within the Yogas

ध्वाङ्क्षे वज्रे मुद्गरे चेषुनाड्यो वर्ज्या वेदाः पद्मलुम्बे गदेश्वाः। धूम्रे काले मौसले भूर्द्धयं द्रे रक्षो मृत्यूपातकालाश्च सर्वे

dhvāṅkṣe vajre mudgare ceṣunāḍyo varjyā vedāḥ padmalumbe gadeśvāḥ | dhūmre kāle mausale bhūrddhayaṃ dre rakṣo mṛtyūpātakālāś ca sarve

Within Dhwanksha, Vajra and Mudgara the first five nadis are forbidden; in Padma and Lumba the first four; in Gada the first seven; in Dhumra one nadi; in Kana two; in Musala two; while Rakshasa, Mrityu, Utpata and Kala are forbidden throughout their entire duration. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 27 — Ravi Yoga: Sun-Moon Star Count That Destroys All Doshas

सूर्यभाद्देवगोतर्कदिग्विषवन्खलसंमिते। चन्द्रक्षै रवियोगाः स्युर्दोषसंघविनाशकाः

sūryabhād devagotarkadigviṣavankhalasaṃmite | candrakṣai raviyogāḥ syur doṣasaṅghavināśakāḥ

When counted from the nakshatra occupied by the Sun, the current Moon nakshatra falls at the 4th, 9th, 6th, 10th, 13th or 20th position, Ravi Yoga arises — the destroyer of the whole host of doshas. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 28 — Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga Stars by Weekday (Part 1)

सूर्येऽर्कमूलोत्तरपुष्यदस्त्रं चन्द्रे श्रुतिब्राह्मशशीज्यमैत्रम्। भौमेऽश्व्यहिर्बुध्न्यकृशानुसार्पं ज्ञे ब्राह्ममैत्रार्ककृशानुचन्द्रम्

sūrye 'rkamūlottarapuṣyadastraṃ candre śrutibrāhmaśaśījyamaitram | bhaume 'śvyahir budhnyakṛśānusārpaṃ jñe brāhmamaitrārkakṛśānucandram

Sarvartha Siddhi stars: Sunday — Hasta, Mula, U.Phalguni, U.Ashadha, U.Bhadrapada, Pushya, Ashwini; Monday — Shravana, Rohini, Mrigashira, Pushya, Anuradha; Tuesday — Ashwini, U.Bhadrapada, Krittika, Ashlesha; Wednesday — Rohini, Anuradha, Hasta, Krittika, Mrigashira. Work undertaken under them succeeds. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 29 — Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga Stars by Weekday (Part 2)

जीवेन्त्यमैत्राश्व्यदितीज्यधिष्ण्यं शुक्रेन्त्यमैत्राश्व्यदितिश्रवोभम्। शनौ श्रुतिब्राह्मसमीरभानि सर्वार्थसिद्धयै कथितानि पूर्वैः

jīven tyamaitrāśvy aditījyadhīṣṇyaṃ śukren tyamaitrāśvy aditiśravobham | śanau śrutibrāhmasamīrabhāni sarvārthasiddhai kathitāni pūrvaiḥ

(Continuing:) Thursday — Revati, Anuradha, Ashwini, Punarvasu, Pushya; Friday — Revati, Anuradha, Ashwini, Punarvasu, Shravana; Saturday — Shravana, Rohini, Swati. These, declared by the ancients, accomplish every purpose. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 30 — Fourth-Star Yogas: Utpata, Mrityu, Kana and Siddhi by Weekday

द्वीशात्तोयाद्वासवात्पौष्णभाच्च ब्राह्मात्पुष्यादर्यमर्क्षाच्चतुर्थैः। स्यादुत्पातो मृत्युकाणौ च सिद्धिवरदश्चेत्येतत्फलं नामतुल्यम्

dvīśātto yādvāsavāt pauṣṇabhāc ca brāhmāt puṣyād aryamārkṣāc caturthaiḥ | syād utpāto mṛtyukāṇau ca siddhivaradaś cetat phalaṃ nāmatulyam

From the seed stars Vishakha (Sunday), P.Ashadha (Monday), Dhanishtha (Tuesday), Revati (Wednesday), Rohini (Thursday), Pushya (Friday) and U.Phalguni (Saturday), the 4th star onward yields in fours: Utpata, Mrityu, Kana, Siddhi — e.g., Sunday: Vishakha-Utpata, Anuradha-Mrityu, Jyeshtha-Kana, Mula-Siddhi; likewise through the week. Each delivers fruit matching its name. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 31 — Kuyogas Bind Only Huna, Vanga and Khasha Countries

कुयोगास्तिथिवारोत्थास्तिथ्योत्था भवारजाः। हूणवङ्गखशेष्वेव वर्ज्याश्चित्रयजास्तथा

kuyogās tithivārotthās tithyotthā bhavārajāḥ | hūṇavaṅgakhaśeṣveva varjyāś citrayajās tathā

The kuyogas born of tithi-weekday, tithi-nakshatra, nakshatra-weekday, or the union of all three are forbidden only in the Huna, Vanga and Khasha lands — not in other countries. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 32 — Eclipse, Utpata and Planet-War Buffer Rejections

सर्वस्मिन्विधुपापयुक्तनुलवाबद्धे निशाह्वोर्घटीत्र्यंशं वै कुनवांशकं ग्रहणतः पूर्वं दिनानां त्रयम्। उत्पातप्रहतोऽद्रयह्नंश्च शुभदोत्पातैश्च दुष्टं दिनं षण्मासं ग्रहभिन्नभं त्यज शुभे योद्धं तथोत्पातभम्

sarvasmin vidhupāpayuktanulavābaddhe niśāhvor ghaṭītryaṃśaṃ vai kunavāṃśakaṃ grahaṇataḥ pūrvaṃ dinānāṃ trayam | utpātaprahato 'drayahnaṃś ca śubhadotpātaiś ca duṣṭaṃ dinaṃ ṣaṇmāsaṃ grahabhinnabhaṃ tyaja śubhe yoddhaṃ tathotpātabham

Reject for auspicious work: any lagna or navamsha joined by Moon, Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu; twenty palas of midnight and of noon (ten either side); navamshas of malefic planets; three days before an eclipse; seven days after lunar/solar eclipse; the day of an auspicious utpata; and the star struck by earthquake-type utpatas. A star pierced by planetary war (graha-yuddha), or in which an utpata occurred, must be abandoned for six months. [per Awasthi Tika]

Verse 33 — Eclipse-Star Ban by Magnitude of Obscuration (Graasa)

नेष्टं ग्रहक्षं सकलार्द्धपादग्रासे क्रमार्त्तकेन्दुमसान्। पूर्वं परस्तादुभयोस्त्रिघघ्ना ग्रस्तेऽस्तगे वाप्युदितेऽर्द्धखण्डे

neṣṭaṃ grakṣaṃ sakalārdhapādagrāse kramārttakendumasān | pūrvaṃ parastād ubhayos trighnā graste 'stage vāpy udite 'rdhakhaṇḍe

The star of an eclipsed Sun/Moon is forbidden for the stated span by obscuration: total (sarva-graas) — six months; half — three months; quarter — one month. When the eclipsed luminary sets (graste), the three days BEFORE are forbidden; when it is eclipsed at rising (grastodaye), the three days AFTER; and under a partial (khanda) eclipse spanning rising/setting, three-plus-three days on both sides. Nitya-naimittika rites (daily japa-homa) are exempt from eclipse dosha. [Joshi ed., Piyusha-dhara tika, print p.90–91, OCR-corrected]

Verse 34 — Panchanga Dosha Register: Janma-Star, Vyatipata, Bhadra, Vidhriti and Kin

जन्मर्क्षमासतिथयो व्यतीपातभद्रा विधृत्यमाऽपि पितृदिनानि तिथिक्षयदिनौ। न्यूनाधिमासकुलिकग्रहणराह्वर्धपाता विष्कम्भादेर्घटिका एव वर्ज्याः

janmarkṣamāsatithayo vyatīpātabhadrā vidhṛty amā'pi pitṛdināni tithikṣayadinau | nyūnādhimāsakulikagrahaṇarāhv ardhapātā viṣkambhāder ghaṭikā eva varjyāḥ

Forbidden in all works: one's birth nakshatra, birth-month and birth-tithi; Vyatipata; Bhadra (the 7th karana); Vidhriti; Amavasya; Pitru-days; tithi-ksaya and ksaya-day; ksaya (nyuna) month and adhika month; Kulika; eclipse; Rahu's half-spans (rahu-ardhapata); and the ghatis beginning from Vishkambha [the closing ghatika-count segment is low-confidence in OCR]. [Joshi ed., print p.91, OCR-corrected]

Verse 35 — Nadi Doshas Within Named Yogas: Parigha, Shukla, Ganda, Atiganda, Vyaghata

परिघार्धं पञ्च शुके षट् च गण्डातिगण्डयोः। व्याघाते नव नाड्यश्च वर्ज्याः सर्वेषु कर्मसु

parikhārdhaṃ pañca śuke ṣaṭ ca gaṇḍātigaṇḍayoḥ | vyāghāte nava nāḍyaś ca varjyāḥ sarveṣu karmasu

Forbidden nadis in all works: two-and-a-half within Parigha; five in Shukla; six each in Ganda and Atiganda; nine in Vyaghata. [Joshi ed., print p.91, OCR-corrected]

Verse 36 — Paksha-Randra Tithis: Forbidden Opening Ghatis of Hole-Tithis

तिथिवारनक्षत्राणां करणस्य च मेलनम्। पञ्चाङ्गस्य शुद्धिः सा ज्ञेया यस्मिन् पञ्चाङ्गदोषोऽस्ति तस्मिन्लग्नं निरर्थकम्

tithivāranakṣatrāṇāṁ karaṇasya ca melanaṁ | pañcāṅgasya śuddhiḥ sā jñeyā yasmin pañcāṅgadoṣo'sti tasmin lagnaṁ nirarthakam

The hole (randhra) tithis of both pakshas — 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 14th — forbid their opening ghatis respectively: 8, 9, 14, 25, 10 and 5 ghatis; auspicious work is barred in these windows (observing Bhadra etc. veto periods). Some shastras count Amavasya among paksha-randra tithis too. Wherever a panchanga dosha sits, the lagna there is fruitless. [Joshi ed., print p.94–95, OCR-corrected]

Verse 37 — Kulika-Kalavela-Yamaghanta-Kantaka Muhurtas and Regional Exemptions

कुलिकः कालवेला च यमघण्टश्च कण्टकः। वाराच्छनौ बुधजीवे कुजे क्रमात् क्षणाः

kulikaḥ kālavellā ca yamaghaṇṭaś ca kaṇṭakaḥ | vārāc chanau budhajīve kuje kramāt kṣaṇāḥ

From the current weekday count to Saturday (Shani), Wednesday (Budha), Thursday (Guru) and Tuesday (Kuja); doubling each count names that ordinal muhurta of the day as Kulika, Kalavela, Yamaghanta and Kantaka respectively — e.g., Sunday→Shani=7, doubled 14 ⇒ 14th muhurta is Kulika; likewise 8th Kalavela, 10th Yamaghanta, 6th Kantaka on Sunday. Effects (per Vasishtha): death in Yamaghanta's half-prahara, loss of wealth, total destruction in Kulika — but none of these doshas operate at night. Regionally: north of the Vindhya up to the Himalaya bears no Yamaghanta dosha; it bites in Matsya-Magadha-Gauda lands; Kashmir's blemish is Kulika, [others] Kantaka-side. Travel in these muhurtas brings death; marriage makes the bride a widow; upanayana destroys Vedic learning. [Joshi ed., print p.95–96, OCR-corrected]

Verse 38 — Dustkala Muhurtas by Weekday (Śārdūlavikrīḍita Cipher Verse)

सूरये बटस्वरनागदिङमनुभितार्चनद्रेऽन्धिषदकुज्ञरा ङर्काविरवपुरन्दराः क्षितिसुते ज्छन्च्यग्नितरको दिशः । सौभ्ये व्यव्धिगजाङ्ःरिडमनुमिता जीवे द्विघड्भास्कराः श्क्रा्थास्तिथयः कलाइच भृगुजे वेदेषुतकं ग्रहाः

sūrye baṭasvaranāgadaṅgamanubhitārcanandre 'ndhiṣaḍakujñarā ṅkāraviravapurandarāḥ kṣitisute jchancyagnitarako diśaḥ | saubhye vyavyadhigajāṅghriḍamanumitā jīve dvighaḍbhāskarāḥ śkrārthāstithayaḥ kalāś ca bhṛguje vedeṣutakaṃ grahāḥ

Cipher verse naming the defective muhurtas of each weekday via number-words. Authoritative ordinal lists from the Piyusha-dhara tika: Sunday — 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 14th; Monday — 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th; among these some are durmuhurta, some Kulika/Kantaka/Kalavela, some Ardhayama/Yamaghanta. Akshara-level reading of the cipher is low-confidence; the weekday ordinals above are the operative rule. [Joshi ed., print p.97, OCR-corrected]

Verse 39 — Kalamsha Definition: Day-Sixteenth Divisions Housing the Doshas

दिग्भास्करा सनुसिताश्च शनौ शशीन्दुनागा दिशो भवदिवाकरसम्सिताश्च । दुष्टः क्षणः कुलिककण्टककालवेलाः स्थूलार्धयामयमघण्टगताः कलांशाः

digbhāskarā sanusitāś ca śanau śaśīndunāgā diśo bhavadivākarasamsitāś ca | duṣṭaḥ kṣaṇaḥ kulikakaṇṭakakālavellāḥ sthūlārdhayāmayamaghaṇṭagatāḥ kalāṁśāḥ

The kalamshas — sixteenth divisions of the day-length — are the seats where the dushta-kshana, Kulika, Kantaka, Kalavela, Ardhayama and Yamaghanta doshas reside. Computation: divide the day-length (dinaman) by 16 to get one muhurta (ghati-pala); multiply ordinal positions per the prior verses to fix each dosha window. Worked example (tika): Kashi, Sunday, dinaman 30.26 ⇒ muhurta = 1gh54p; Sunday's 14th muhurta (Kulika/Gulika) runs 24.42–26.37 ghatis from sunrise. Gulika (dinaman÷8 method) equals Kulika. [Joshi ed., print p.97–98, OCR-corrected]

Verse 40 — Holika-Ashtaka: Eight Days Before Holi Barred in Vipasha-Iravati-Shatadru Lands

विपाशायैरावतीतीरे शतद्रोश्च त्रिपुष्करे। विवाहादिषु शुभे नेष्टं होलिकाप्राग्दिनाष्टकम्

vipāśy airāvatītīre śatadroś ca tripuṣkare | vivāhādiṣu śubhe neṣṭaṃ holikāprāg dināṣṭakam

On the banks of the Vipasha (Beas), Iravati (Ravi) and Shatadru (Sutlej), and in the Tripushkara land (Ajmer region), the eight days preceding Holika-dahana (Phalguna Purnima) are forbidden for marriage and all auspicious acts; elsewhere the period is auspicious. [Joshi ed., print p.99, OCR-corrected]

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