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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 1 · Muhurta: Marriage, Home, Farming
ज्योतिःशास्त्रम्
मूलेन जायते मोक्षः पूर्वाषाढा त्रिपञ्चकम् ।उत्तरा दिनविंशत्या द्वौ मासौ श्रवणेन च ॥ ७५ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 121, verse 75.
From Moola, release comes. Purva Ashadha: fifteen days. Uttara Ashadha: twenty days. Shravana: two months.
Simple meaning: Moola brings recovery. Purva Ashadha takes fifteen days, Uttara Ashadha twenty days, Shravana two months.
धनिष्ठा चार्धमासं च वारुणे च दशाहकम् ।
Dhanishta takes half a month, Shatabhisha ten days, Uttara Bhadrapada fifteen days. Purva Bhadrapada gives no release.
रेवती दशरात्रं च अहोरात्रं तथाऽश्विनी ।
Revati takes ten nights, Ashvini one day. Bharani can bring death. A Gayatri fire offering helps.
पञ्चधान्यतिलाज्याद्यैर्धेनुदानं द्विजे शमम् ।
Offer grain, sesame and ghee, and give a cow to a Brahmin. The Sun's period is eight years, the Moon's fifteen.