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...[the aforementioned] occurrence. Likewise, when a decayed month term: Kshaya-masa (A rare lunar month in the Hindu calendar where two new moons occur within a single solar month, effectively "dropping" a month from the year) occurs, there are two intercalary months term: Adhimasa (An extra month added to the lunar calendar to keep it synchronized with the solar seasons), one before and one after. Among these, the first is called the "creeping month" original: "sansarpa" and the second is the...
Regarding Jupiter original: "Vrihaspati" and the Poisonous Intervals term: Visha-ghati (Specific durations during a lunar mansion or day that are considered spiritually toxic and inauspicious for new beginnings) as described in the Vashishtha Samhita:
The numerical values [for calculating these intervals] are given as: five, zero, five, five; then twelve, eleven, and two; and again eight... The text here uses "Bhutashankhya," a system where words like 'sky' (vyoma) mean 0 and 'arrows' (shara) mean 5 to encode astronomical data. These relate to the souls of the ages, the twenty [intervals], the moon and the horsemen, the four and the fourteen...
When these Poisonous Intervals are avoided, auspicious works bear fruit. However, as stated in the Daivajna-Manohara term: Daivajna-Manohara (A classical astrological text; the title translates to "The Astrologer’s Delight"):
The timings for these "poisonous" moments vary according to the lunar days and the days of the week. For the lunar days, the intervals are determined by the mountains, the elephants, and the directions... More symbolic number-coding for calculation.
Now, the Poisonous Intervals for the Days of the Week are as follows:
Starting with Sunday original: "Suryadi-vare", the intervals of twelve, twelve, five, and four should be calculated. These specific moments must be strictly avoided in all auspicious works.
Regarding the precise calculation of the Poisonous Nadi A 'nadi' is a unit of time equal to 24 minutes.:
When the moon resides in a specific lunar mansion term: Nakshatra (One of the 27 or 28 sectors of the sky the moon passes through each month), one must multiply and divide by sixty to find the exact beginning of the inauspicious period.
In the Muhurta Darpana term: Muhurta Darpana (A standard reference text for choosing auspicious times, meaning "The Mirror of Propitious Moments"), in the section concerning travel original: "yatra", it is stated:
On Sunday, the influence of the Sun is primary. For the performance of rituals, one must consider the positions of the Sun, Jupiter, and Mercury.
As the great teacher Shripati An influential 11th-century Indian mathematician and astrologer. says:
All gains are lost when [the calculation] results in the "arrow" value...