The Wish-Fulfilling Tree of Auspicious Timing (Unknown) - Page 12

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Subjects	Page	Subjects	Page
The first sitting on the ground The ritual of Bhumyupaveshanam, where a child is first placed on the earth. ...	35	Purity of constellations regarding the Vedas ...	40
Piercing the ears ...	,,	General constellations for all purposes ...	,,
Eating betel leaves ...	36	Purity of the Ascendant Lagna-shuddhi: ensuring the rising sign is auspicious for a ritual ...	,,
The first feeding of solid food ...	,,	Prohibitions regarding birth months and days ...	41
Results of the first feeding based on planetary positions ...	,,	Things to avoid during the thread ceremony ...	,,
Completion of the first year (Birthday) ...	37	Dates of the Pradosha fast ...	,,
Unavoidable times for rites from conception to the first feeding ...	,,	Galagraha dates Inauspicious days for beginning Vedic study. ...	,,
Days of planetary "infancy" and "old age," and differing opinions ...	,,	Dates unfit for study ...	,,
Special considerations for the Moon ...	,,	Graduation and the first shaving of the beard ...	,,
Special considerations for the rising of a comet ...	,,	Binding of the ceremonial knife ...	42
Prohibitions and remedies for Jupiter in Leo ...	,,
Prohibitions and remedies for Jupiter joined with the Sun or in its sign of debilitation ...	37	"The Flower of Marriage"
Prohibitions of marriage during Jupiter's retrograde or rapid motion, or a thirteen-day fortnight	38	13 Verses, Page 116
The first tonsure (cutting of the hair) ...	,,	Purpose ...	42
Prohibitions of tonsure or thread ceremonies if the mother is menstruating or has recently given birth	,,	Inquiry into the marriage Ascendant ...	,,
Dates and constellations for the tonsure ...	,,	Auspicious and inauspicious omens ...	43
Special rules for shaving ...	,,	Consideration of the "Melapaka" (Matchmaking) for the bride and groom ...	,,
Beginning of the alphabet ...	39	Consideration of Varna The "class" or "color" compatibility of the couple. ...	,,
Beginning of formal education ...	,,	Consideration of Vashya Mutual attraction or "amenability" between the couple. ...	,,
The sacred thread ceremony ...	,,	Consideration of the Tara (Birth star) ...	44
The strength of Jupiter ...	,,	The "Yoni" (animal type) of the constellations ...	,,
Purity of the month, date, and day of the week ...	40	Hostility between different Yonis ...	,,
		Natural friendship between planets ...	,,
		Friendship of the Ganas Categorization of stars into Divine, Human, or Demonic temperaments. ...	,,
		Consideration of the "Six-Eight" positions and others Refers to the Shadashtaka, an inauspicious 6th and 8th house relationship between the couple's moons. ...	45
		Necessary donations for Nadi-vedha A serious astrological mismatch regarding the couple's "pulse" or temperament. ...	,,