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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 10 · Yatra and Omens
यात्रा शकुनाश्च
कार्यं निगमनं छत्रे ध्वजशस्त्रास्त्रवाहनैः ।स्वस्थानान्निर्गमस्थानं दडानां च शतद्वयम् ॥ ६९५ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 695.
The setting out can be made through an umbrella, a banner, weapons, missiles and vehicles. The distance from his own place to the place of setting out: two hundred dandas (a measure of length).
Simple meaning: Go out with umbrella, banner, weapons and vehicles. The leaving place is two hundred dandas from home.
चत्वारिंशद्वादशैव प्रस्थितः स स्वयं गतः ।
Sending your things ahead counts as setting out. Do not then stay a week in one place.
पंचरात्रं च पुरतः पुनर्लग्नांतरे व्रजेत् ।
After a halt of five nights, he can go again in another lagna. Do not go in unseasonal storms.
उत्पातेषु त्रिविधेषु सप्तरात्रं तु न व्रजेत् ।
After unseasonal storms or other strange omens, wait seven nights before leaving.