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Auspicious
Weekday 6 Friday The bright fifteenth day Purnima Full Moon of the month of Chaitra March/April, the Full Moon of the month of Jyeshtha May/June, [as well as] those of Ashadha and others.
Spoken These fourteen [dates] are declared by the wise. || 20 ||
6 For the sake of clarity, [regarding] the movements of the Sun original: ravi and the Moon original: indu... When the resulting shadow is obtained in the month of Bhadra August/September... || 21 ||
ka The third lunar day Tritiya, the ninth Navami, the Full Moon of Chaitra, the tenth? day... for the Dvapara and Kali [ages] in the month of Magha January/February. These are the starts of the world ages Yugadi original: yugādyāḥ; these are the anniversaries of the start of the four cosmic eras: Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali
shi 2 as proclaimed in the Puranas ancient Hindu scriptures; they provide merit and
6 success; therefore || 22 || If one [solar day]
touches two lunar days Tithi, it is not [considered] a single
Weekday day; so it is said by the learned.
That which touches ka three lunar days
is known as the Triple-toucher Tri-pushtaka A rare astrological occurrence where three lunar days (tithis) begin during a single solar day (from sunrise to sunrise) and leads to no rebirth original: apunareti; referring to Moksha or liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.