Muhurta Chintamani Ch. 12: Vāstu Prakaraṇam

Verse 1 — Varṇa-Rāśi Door Orientation (Dvāra-Niveśana)

द्विजादिराशिमतां पुंसां क्रमेण पूर्वतः प्राच्यादिदिक्चतुष्टये द्वारं हितम्

dvijādirāśimatāṃ puṃsāṃ krameṇa pūrvataḥ prācyādidikcatuṣṭaye dvāraṃ hitam

For persons born under the rāśi-classes beginning with Dvija (brāhmaṇa-set), the main door is prescribed in order starting from East across the four cardinals: Karka/Vṛścika/Mīna (dvija-set) — east door; Vṛṣabha/Kanyā/Makara (vaiśya-set) — south door; Mithuna/Tulā/Kumbha (śūdra-set) — west door; Meṣa/Siṃha/Dhanus (kṣatriya/nṛpa-set) — north door. PiYūṣadhārā confirms this varṇa mapping and adds that a village whose kākiṇī exceeds the owner's name-kākiṇī causes loss to the settler. [Joshi ed., print p.549/p.551, OCR-corrected]

Verse 7 — Āyādi-Aṅka: Vyaya Residue, Dhruva Letters & Indra-Yama-Rāja Aṁśas

पिण्डं नागैरष्टभिस्तष्टं व्यय ईरितोऽङ्कसौ ध्रुवादिनामाक्षरयुक्तपिण्डः । तष्टो गुणैस्त्रिभिरिन्द्रकृतान्तभूपा ह्यंशा भवेयुर्नृणां शुभोऽन्तकोऽत्र

piṇḍaṃ nāgairaṣṭabhis tasṭaṃ vyaya īrito'ṅkasau dhruvādināmākṣarayuktapiṇḍaḥ | tasṭo guṇais tribhir indrakṛtāntabhūpā hy aṃśā bhaveyur nṛṇāṃ śubho'ntako'tra

Divide the house-piṇḍa (length×breadth figure) by the eight 'nāgas'; the remainder is the VYAYA. Add this vyaya to the DHRUVA direction-figure (Ilā=1 E, Dhruva=2 S, Sūrya=4 W, Gaja=8 N) together with the letter-count of the chosen house-name; dividing the summed piṇḍa by three yields three aṁśas named INDRA, YAMA and RĀJA — the Yama share is inauspicious, Indra and Rāja shares auspicious. PiYūṣadhārā worked example: piṇḍa 399 (from 21·06·19), desired star Ārdrā=6 → vyaya 6; house-name of 2 dhruva letters → 6+2 added to 399 = 407; ÷3 leaves remainder 0 → Rāja-aṁśa, auspicious. [Joshi ed., print p.558/p.559, OCR-corrected]

Verse 13-14 — Vṛṣa-Vāstucakra Star-Band Gate (Sun→Moon Nakṣatra Count)

रविभात्सप्त नेष्टानि शुभान्येकादशाष्टमात् । दश शेषाण्यनिष्टानि साभिजिद्वृषवास्तुनि ॥ शिरस्तारा निदाहाय गृहावासोऽग्रपादयोः । स्थैर्यं स्यात्पश्चिमे पादे पृष्ठे चैव धनागमः ॥ कुक्षौ स्यादक्षिणे लाभो वामकुक्षौ दरिद्रता । पुच्छे स्वामिविनाशः स्यान्मुखे पीडा निरन्तरम्

ravibhāt sapta neṣṭāni śubhāny ekādaśāṣṭamāt | daśa śeṣāny aniṣṭāni sābhijid vṛṣavāstuni || śirastārā nidāhāya gṛhāvāso'grapādayoḥ | sthairyaṃ syāt paścime pāde pṛṣṭhe caiva dhanāgamaḥ || kukṣau syād dakṣiṇe lābho vāmakukṣau daridratā | pucche svāmivināśaḥ syān mukhe pīḍā nirantaram

Count nakṣatras from the Sun's star to the day-Moon's star: the first SEVEN are unfit, the ELEVEN from the 8th to the 18th are auspicious, and the remaining TEN (19th–28th, Abhijit counted) are unfit — that 8-to-18 window is the operative vṛṣa-vāstu clearance for house construction. Body-zone phala on the bull-figure: stars at the HEAD scorch the house; forefeet zone = house without inhabitants; western foot = stability; back = inflow of wealth; right flank (dakṣiṇa-kukṣi) = gain; left flank = poverty; tail = owner's destruction; mouth/face = unending affliction. Jyotiḥprakāśa variant banding runs 3-4-4-3-4-2-4-3 across head/forefoot/west-foot/back/right-flank/left-flank/tail/face. [Joshi ed., print p.565, OCR-corrected]

Verse 15 — Gṛha-Nirmāṇa Nakṣatra Register incl. Puṣya & Dhruva Special Rules

उत्तरं च रोहिण्यां पुष्ये मैत्रे करद्वये । धनिष्ठाद्वितये पौष्णे गृहारम्भः प्रशस्यते ॥ वारुणमृदुस्वात्यर्कपुष्यैर्वसुभद्भिः सह युतः

uttaraṃ ca rohiṇyāṃ puṣye maitre karadvaye | dhaniṣṭhādvitaye pauṣṇe gṛhārambhaḥ praśasyate || vāruṇamṛdusvātyarkapuṣyair vasubhadbhiḥ saha yutaḥ

House-construction is praised in Uttarā, Rohiṇī, Puṣya, Maitra (Anurādhā), the two Kara stars, and again from Dhaniṣṭhā with the second, Pauṣṇa — conjoined with the Varuṇa (Śatabhiṣā), Mṛdu (soft), Svātī, Arka-Puṣya and Vasu-Bhadrā (Dhaniṣṭhā) set. PiYūṣadhārā: the fixed (dhruva) register is Śatabhiṣā (Varuṇa), Svātī, Dhaniṣṭhā (Vasu), Hasta and Puṣya, together with the famous soft stars. SPECIAL RULES: in Punarvasu (Āditya) a SŪTIKĀ-GṚHA (lying-in chamber) may be built; its ENTRY is sanctioned within the interval between Śravaṇa (Hari/Viṣṇu) and Abhijit (Brahmā) — i.e., under Abhijit itself; the sūtikāgṛha stands in Nairṛtya, kitchen in Āgneya, bed-chamber in Yāmya, treasury in Uttara, shrine in Īśāna. [Joshi ed., print pp.566–567, OCR-corrected]

Verse 17 — Month–Tithi Face Gates (Saura/Cāndra Māsa & Dig-Niṣedha)

पूर्णिमातोऽष्टमीं यावत्पूर्वास्यं वर्जयेद्गृहम् । उत्तरास्यं न कुर्वीत नवम्यादिचतुर्दशीम् ॥ अमावास्याष्टमीं यावत्पश्चिमास्यं विवर्जयेत् । नवम्यादौ दक्षिणास्यं यावच्छुक्लचतुर्दशीम् ॥ द्वितीयापञ्चमीमुख्यास्तृतीया षष्ठिका तथा । सप्तमी दशमी चैव द्वादश्येकादशी तथा ॥ त्रयोदशी पञ्चदशी तिथयः स्युः शुभावहाः

pūrṇimāto'ṣṭamīṃ yāvat pūrvāsyaṃ varjayed gṛham | uttarāsyaṃ na kurvīta navamyādi-caturdaśīm || amāvasyāṣṭamīṃ yāvat paścimāsyaṃ vivarjayet | navamyādau dakṣiṇāsyaṃ yāvac chuklacaturdaśīm || dvitīyāpañcamīmukhyās tṛtīyā ṣaṣṭhikā tathā | saptamī daśamī caiva dvādaśy ekādaśī tathā || trayodaśī pañcadaśī tithayaḥ syuḥ śubhāvahāḥ

Face-timing ban (Vyavahārasamuccaya): from Pūrṇimā to Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī shun EAST-facing houses; from Kṛṣṇa-Navamī to Caturdaśī no NORTH-facing; from Amāvasyā to Śukla-Aṣṭamī shun WEST-facing; from Śukla-Navamī to Caturdaśī no SOUTH-facing. Sanctioned tithis: the 2nd and 5th chiefly, then 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 11th, 13th and 15th (Pūrṇimā) — fruit-bearing; Pratipad inflicts poverty, the 4th carries off wealth, the 8th uproots, the 9th is weapon-struck, the 10th royal fear. Pakṣa rule: 'in the bright fortnight comfort, in the dark fear of thieves' — Śukla preferred over Kṛṣṇa. Month rule: Mārgaśīrṣa is ordained; with the Sun in Makara even Pauṣa is auspicious. [Joshi ed., print pp.569–570, OCR-corrected]

Verse 18 — Pañcāṅga-Śuddhi Gate: Weekday–Riktā–Pañcaka Exclusions & Graha Positions

चरलग्ने चरांशे वा रिक्तामार्कवासरे ॥ पापैस्त्रिषष्ठायगते स्त्रिकोणकेन्द्राश्रितैश्च साधुभिरालयस्य । वदन्ति निर्माणमिहाष्टमस्थः कर्ता तु कर्तुर्मरणकरोति

caralagne carāṃśe vā riktāmārkavāsare || pāpaiḥ triṣaṣṭhāyagate strikoṇakendrāśritaiś ca sādhubhir ālayasya | vadanti nirmāṇam ihāṣṭamasthaḥ kartā tu kartur maraṇakaroti

PAÑCĀṄGA-ŚUDDHI for gṛhārambha excludes Mars/Sun weekdays, Ṛktā tithis, Amāvasyā and Pratipad (Aṣṭamī by upalakṣaṇa), and the Dhaniṣṭhā-ādi-Revatyanta PAÑCAKA set; begin only when Moon/lagna stands in a CARA (movable) sign or aṁśa free of those defects — per Vyavahārasamuccaya 'chandragate… kṣayaḥ prabhoḥ'. PiYūṣadhārā clarifies the pañcaka ban targets STAMBHOCCHĀYA work (pillar-raising, roof-covering per Māṇḍavya) rather than the start itself. Śrīpati's graha ladder: malefics in the 3rd/6th/11th with trines-quadrants held by benefics bless the hall, while an eighth-house starter at construction kills the builder; benefic-stationed lagna variants (stira/cara, somya-nirodhita) also sanctioned. [Joshi ed., print p.571/p.572, OCR-corrected]

Verse 29 — Dvāra-Cakra Threshold (Chaukhāt) Star-Count Rule

वारचक्र प्रवक्ष्यामि भाषितं विश्वकर्मणा । … शिरस्योपरि विन्यसेत् ॥ … शाखायां लभते लक्ष्मीमस्तके च मृतिं लभेत् । मध्यमेषु लभेत्सौख्यं चिन्तनीयं सदा बुधैः ॥ द्वारस्थापननक्षत्राण्युच्यन्ते … हस्तपुष्यश्रुतिमृगाः स्वातौ पूष्णि च रोहिण्यां द्वारशालावरोपणम्

vāracakra pravakṣyāmi bhāṣitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | … śirasyopari vinyaset || … śākhāyaṃ labhate lakṣmīm astake ca mṛtiṃ labhet | madhyameṣu labhetsaukhyaṃ cintanīyaṃ sadā budhaiḥ || dvārasthāpana-nakṣatrāṇy ucyante … hasta-puṣya-śruti-mṛgāḥ svātau pūṣṇi ca rohiṇyāṃ dvāraśālāvaropaṇam

Door-frame (chaukhāt) verdict by counting from the SUN'S star to the MOON'S star (1–27): 1–4 = MASTAK (crown) — Lakṣmī-gain; 5–12 = KOṆA corners — the master abandons the house, it stands tenant-less; 13–20 = ŚĀKHĀ branches — constant comfort to the householder; 21–23 = DEHLĪ (threshold sill) — death of the gṛhapati; 24–27 = MADHYA mid-door — happiness. Door-fixing stars (Jyotinibandha/Viśvakarmā): Hasta, Puṣya, Śruti, Mṛgaśīrṣa, Svātī, Pūṣṇī, Rohiṇī for raising door and śālā; fit tithis include the 5th (Dhanadā) etc., while Pratipad must be avoided. Ellipses mark OCR-corrupt spans honestly left unrestored. [Joshi ed., print pp.580–581, OCR-corrected]

Muhurta Chintamani — Chapter 12: Vāstu Prakaraṇam

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