Muhurta Chintamani Ch. 13: Gṛhapraveśa Prakaraṇam

Verse 1 — Final-Chapter Maṅgala & Four-Fold Entry Classification

अम्बोदर नमस्कृत्य गोविन्देन विदां मुदे । गृहप्रवेशप्रकरणं सम्यग्व्याख्यायतेऽन्तिमम् ॥ १ ॥

ambodara namaskṛtya govindena vidāṃ mude| gṛhapraveśaprakaraṇaṃ samyag vyākhyāyate 'ntimam||1||

GOVINDA (Śrīpati), having bowed to AMBODARA (Viṣṇu, ocean-born) for the delight of the learned, rightly expounds the Gṛhapraveśa Prakaraṇam — declared ANTIMAM (the FINAL chapter of the work). Entry (praveśa) is FOUR-FOLD: navavadhū-praveśa was already treated at the close of the Vivāha chapter; the remaining TRIAD is taken up here under Muhūrta — nava-gṛha (new-house) entry, yātrā-nivṛtti (return of the king from journey) entry styled SUPŪRVA, and DANDRA/SAUPŪRVIKA entries; for the latter two, pañcāṅga-śuddhi suffices without special kāla-śuddhi. [Joshi ed., print p.582, OCR-corrected]

Verse p582-block — Chāndra-Māsa Fruit Table for New-House Entry (Vasiṣṭha)

माघेऽर्थलाभः प्रथमप्रवेशो पुत्रार्थलाभः खलु फाल्गुने च । चैत्रे क्षयहानिधनधान्यलाभो वैशाखमासे पशुपुत्रलाभः ॥ ज्येष्ठे च मासेषु परेषु नूनं हानिप्रदः शत्रुभयप्रदश्च । शुक्ले च पक्षे सुतरां विशिष्टश्च कृष्णे च यावदष्टमी तावत् ॥

māghe'rthalābhaḥ prathamapraveśo putrārthalābho 'tha phālgune| caitre kṣayahāni-dhanadhānyalābho vaiśākhamāse paśuputralābhaḥ|| jyeṣṭhe ca māseṣu pareṣu nūnaṃ hānipradaḥ śatrubhayapradaś ca| śukle ca pakṣe sutarāṃ viśiṣṭaś ca kṛṣṇe ca yāvad aṣṭamī tāvat||

VASIṢṬHA's CHANDRA-MĀSA FRUIT TABLE for first entry: MĀGHA = wealth-gain; PHĀLGUNA = gain of sons; CHAITRA = loss/damage yet wealth-grain gain; VAIŚĀKHA = cattle-and-son gain; JYEṢṬHA and the LATER months = certainly harmful, breeding enemy-fear. Fortnight filter: entry is distinctly sanctioned in the ŚUKLA pakṣa; in KṚṢṆA pakṣa only UP TO AṢṬAMĪ tithi. The commentator notes the author states pakṣa-purity himself, while tithi-vāra purity follows later. [Joshi ed., print p.582, OCR-corrected]

Verse p583-block — Solar-Month Exclusion Doctrine & Kumbha-Saṅkrānti Bar

मृगादिषडृशिषु संस्थितेऽर्के नवभवेशः शुभदः सदैव । कुम्भं विनान्येष्वपि केचिदुचुः न सौरमिष्टं खलु सन्निवेशे ॥

mṛgādi-ṣaḍṛśiṣu saṃsthite'rke navabhavesśaḥ śubhadaḥ sadaiva| kumbhaṃ vinānyeṣv api kecid ucuḥ na sauramiṣṭaṃ khalu sanniveśe||

SOLAR-MONTH EXCLUSION DOCTRINE (Vasiṣṭha): with the Sun in the six signs from Mṛgaśiras (per Piyūṣadhārā, from MAKARA-ādi ṣaḍṛśi), new-house entry ever yields good fruit; yet SOME teachers say SAURA reckoning is NOT desired in sanniveśa (entry) except KUMBHA. Hence the block-head verdict: KUMBHE PHĀLGUNA-PAURṆIMOTTARAṂ SARVATHĀ NA KĀRYAM — during Kumbha-saṅkrānti, even the otherwise-auspicious Phālguna(-Paurṇimā-)Uttarāyaṇa window is ABSOLUTELY barred. The apparent contradiction (Phālguna praised above) dissolves because the bar applies to the KṚṢṆA-ādi counted Phālguna month whose saṅkrānti falls in Kumbha; where both lunar and solar months conflict, the VIDHI-CHANDRAMĀSA alone governs new-house entry — 'na saurbham': saura-māna in entry is never desirable. [Joshi ed., print p.582–583, OCR-corrected]

Verse p584-block — Auspicious Lagna Set: Fixed Signs & 3-6-11 Sthāna Rule

कर्तुर्जन्मभवलग्ने वा ताम्यामुपचयेऽपि वा । प्रवेशलग्ने स्याद्वृद्धिरन्यथा शोकनिःस्वनः ॥

kartur janmabhavalagne vā tāmyām upacaye 'pi vā| praveśalagne syād vṛddhir anyathā śokaniḥsvanaḥ||

ENTRY-LAGNA REGISTER: entry is auspicious when the lagna is the entrant's JANMA-LAGNA/JANMA-RĀŚI, or the 3RD, 6TH (10th per Pītāmbarā tikā), 11TH sthāna therefrom, or any STHIRA (fixed-sign) lagna — Nārada: growth comes when entry-lagna equals the doer's birth-lagna/bhava or its tāmasa-upachaya; otherwise grief and lamentation. Expanded register (p.588): benefics or full Moon, Budha-Guru-Śukra marking houses 9,5,1,4,7,10,11,2,3 with Moon-free lagna; malefics allowed in 3/6/11; 4th & 8th EMPTY. FORBIDDEN lagnas (Rāja-mātaṅga): MEṢA, KARKAṬAKA, TULĀ, MAKARA (and their navāṃśas) destroy respectively the king, cause disease, enemy-loss of grain, etc.; yet the SAME Tulā-Meṣa-Makara lagnas, though condemned, turn AUSPICIOUS when joined with KUBERA-AṄGA and in karthṛ-upachaya positions. Twenty-one mahādoṣas of the Vivāha chapter must also be avoided. [Joshi ed., print p.584/p.588, OCR-corrected]

Verse 2 — Old-House (Jīrṇa) Re-Entry Special Rule — No Astādi Doṣa Check

जीर्णे गृहेऽग्न्यादिभयानलवेऽपि मार्गाङ्गारयोः श्रावणिकेऽपि सत्स्यात् । वेशोऽम्बुपेज्यानिलवासवेषु नावश्यमस्तादिविचारणाऽत्र ॥ २ ॥

jīrṇe gṛhe 'gnyādibhayānalave 'pi mārgāṅgārayoḥ śrāvaṇike 'pi satsyat| veśo 'mbupaijyānilavāsaveṣu nāvaśyam astādivicāraṇātra||2||

OLD-HOUSE RE-ENTRY (Indravajrā): in a JĪRṆA (old/repaired) house — fallen by fire, flood (bahuvṛṣṭi), king's wrath or similar calamity and rebuilt — entry succeeds even in MĀRGAŚIRṢA-ĀGRAHĀYAṆA (mārgāṅgārayoḥ) or ŚRĀVAṆA months; entry also stands in AMBUPA (=Śatabhiṣā), IJYA (=Puṣya), ANILA (=Svātī), VĀSAVA (=Dhaniṣṭhā) stars. Crucially, NO ASTĀDI inquiry is needed here — Guru-asta/Vakrī, Bālya-Vṛddha, Simha-Makara-guru, lupta-saṃvatsara defects are NOT examined for jīrṇa entry; only yathākaṭhanchit pañcāṅga-śuddhi with prescribed nakṣatras applies. These very stars banned for NEW houses are auspicious for OLD ones. [Joshi ed., print p.585, OCR-corrected]

Verse 6 — Kalasha-Vāstu-Chakra: Threshold Star-Count Fruits (Viśvakarmā)

घटाकारं लिखेच्च रविदिशि धिष्ण्यक्रमेण च । मुखं दिक्षु चत्वारि तिस्रस्त्रीणि गुदकण्ठयोः ॥ अग्निनायो मुखे प्रोक्त उदरासः पूर्वतो भवेत् । दक्षिणे चार्थलाभाय पश्चिमे श्रियं प्रदो भवेत् ॥ उत्तरे कलहश्चैव गर्भे गर्भविनाशनम् । स्थिरता च गुदे कण्ठे कलशस्य प्रकीर्तिता ॥

ghaṭākāraṃ likhec ca ravidiśi dhīṣṇyakrameṇa ca| mukhaṃ dikṣu catvāri tisras trīṇi gudakaṇṭhayoḥ|| agnināyo mukhe prokto 'darāsaḥ pūrvato bhavet| dakṣiṇe cārthalābhāya paścime śriyaṃ prado bhavet|| uttare kalahaś caiva garbhe garbhaviniścanaṃ| sthiratā ca gude kaṇṭhe kalaśasya prakīrtitā||

THRESHOLD/POT STAR-COUNT (Viśvakarmā): draw a KALAŚA (pot)-shaped chart; counting from the SUN's nakṣatra up to the MOON's daily nakṣatra on entry-day, distribute the count in order — 4 stars in EACH of the four quarters (mukha), then next groups in the belly (udara), 3+3 in GUDA and KAṆṬHA, remainder in the pot-body — till all 27 bhāni sit. FRUITS by seat: count landing in MUKHA = house burnt (agni-dāha); UDARA = janavāsa-śūnya (house left desolate); SOUTH quarter = artha-lābha (wealth-gain); WEST = śrī-prāpti (Lakṣmī); NORTH = kalaha (strife); GARBHA = fetal loss; GUDA & KAṆṬHA = permanence/steadiness of the householder. Direction-refined star pick: E-facing house take Rohiṇī/Mṛgaśīrṣa; S — U.Phalgunī/Chitrā; W — Anurādhā/U.Āṣāḍhā; N — U.Bhādrapadā/Revatī. [Joshi ed., print p.592, OCR-corrected]

Verse p598-colophon — Chapter Colophon & Book Samāpti (End of Muhūrtacintāmaṇi)

इति श्रीदैवज्ञानन्तसुतदैवज्ञरामविरचिते मुहूर्तचिन्तामणी त्रयोदशं गृहप्रवेशप्रकरणं समाप्तम् । समाप्तोऽयं मुहूर्तचिन्तामणिः ॥

iti śrīdaivajñānantasuta-daivajñarāma-viracite muhūrtacintāmaṇau trayodaśaṃ gṛhapraveśaprakaraṇaṃ samāptam| samāpto 'yaṃ muhūrtacintāmaṇiḥ||

CHAPTER COLYPHON: 'Thus ends the THIRTEENTH (final) chapter, the Gṛhapraveśaprakaraṇa, in the Muhūrtacintāmaṇi composed by DAIVAJÑA RĀMA, son of DAIVAJÑA ĀNANTA.' BOOK-END SAMĀPTI VERSE FOUND: 'SAMĀPTO'YAṂ MUHŪRTACINTĀMAṆIḤ' — 'This Muhūrtacintāmaṇi is CONCLUDED.' Piyūṣadhārā adds the author-bio gloss: Rāma, son of the jyotiṣavid Ānanta ('budha-nolakaṭhānuja', brother-in-learning of many śāstras), wrote this astronomy-treatise directly beheld in GIRĪŚA-NAGARĪ = VĀRĀṆASĪ, the supreme mokṣadā city — defended via Padma-Purāṇa/Kāśī-khaṇḍa citations over the seven mokṣadā cities. [Joshi ed., print p.598, OCR-corrected]

Muhurta Chintamani — Chapter 13: Gṛhapraveśa Prakaraṇam

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