Mirror of Auspicious Timing

Selection of Time In the six types of marriage, one should always avoid [certain unfavorable timings]. However, if both an Inauspicious Combination original: "Ayoga" and a Perfection Combination original: "Siddhayoga" occur together, the Inauspicious Combination is destroyed and the Perfection Combination prevails.

80 Those who have bathed on the banks of the Vipasha The modern Beas River in Punjab.... [this refers to certain purifications]. For marriages and similar rituals, the period of the eight days preceding the Holi festival original: "holika pragdināṣṭake"; this period is known as Holashtak and is traditionally considered inauspicious for weddings in North India. is not auspicious. According to Vashistha A legendary Vedic sage and author of astrological treatises., certain months and "Void Lunar Days" original: "māsa śūnyā" are to be avoided specifically in the regions of Gauda Ancient Bengal. and Malwa Central India., though they are not considered censurable in other lands.

2 One should avoid small faults regarding the day, the lunar day term: tithi (the lunar day in the Hindu calendar), and the combinations (yogas) only during travel. For marriages and other major rituals, one should follow the words of Garga and other sages.

The periods of Vishti An inauspicious "Karana" or half-lunar day., the day of Mars original: "angāraka", associated with heat and conflict., and the combinations of Vyatipata and Vaidhriti Two of the 27 yogas considered highly malefic in electional astrology., as well as one's Hostile Star term: pratyari nakshatra (the 5th star from one's birth star, indicating obstacles) and birth star—these become auspicious only after midday. Shripati says: the combinations with "contradictory names" are undesirable; specifically, the first quarter of Vaidhriti and the entirety of Vyatipata are considered harmful for all endeavors.

Half of the Parigha combination, the first three portions of certain other combinations, the Mula constellation, and the first six portions of Ganda and Atiganda must be abandoned in all auspicious works. These contradictory combinations arising from the lunar day and the weekday—or those arising from the stars and the weekday—are not prohibited if they occur in the last remaining parts [of the day].

Regarding the Flaw of Eclipses, Garga states: When both the Sun and Moon undergo an eclipse, it is a great flaw. For seven nights following them, one should perform no auspicious acts; after that, everything may be performed beautifully.

The Shaura text says: In whichever month the King [Sun] and the Minister [Moon] are eclipsed, there will be [misfortune]. Therefore, one should ensure the purity of both [planets] during a marriage.

Now, regarding the Twenty-Eight Stars, Vashistha says: When three lunar days touch one single weekday original: "tryahasparka"; an astrological rarity where three tithis end on the same solar day, usually considered inauspicious., or when there is a "Lapsed Day" original: "avamatithi"; a lunar day that is skipped in the calendar because it begins and ends between two sunrises....