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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 1 · Muhurta: Marriage, Home, Farming
ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
पुनर्वसौ च पुष्ये च सप्तरात्रं विधीयते ।नवरात्रं तथाऽश्लेषा श्मशानान्तं मघासु च ॥ ७२ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 121, verse 72.
Punarvasu and Pushya: seven nights is laid down. Ashlesha: nine nights. Magha: until the cremation ground.
Simple meaning: Trouble starting in Punarvasu or Pushya lasts seven nights, Ashlesha nine. Magha can bring death.
द्वौ मासौ पूर्वफाल्गुन्यामुत्तरासु त्रिपञ्चकम् ।
Purva Phalguni means two months. Uttara Phalguni, Hasta and Chitra mean about fifteen days.
मासद्वयं तथा स्वातिविशाखा विंशतिर्दिनम्(?) ।
Swati means two months, Vishakha about twenty days, Anuradha ten days and Jyeshtha half a month.
मूलेन जायते मोक्षः पूर्वाषाढा त्रिपञ्चकम् ।
Moola brings recovery. Purva Ashadha takes fifteen days, Uttara Ashadha twenty days, Shravana two months.