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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 6 · Calendar, Muhurta Elements
कालमानं मुहूर्ताङ्गानि च
एतेषां नवमानानां व्यवहारोऽत्र पञ्चभिः ।तेषां पृथक्पृथक्कार्यं वक्ष्यते व्यवहारतः ॥ ११० ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 110.
Of these nine measures, five are used in everyday dealings here. Their separate uses will be told as they are used in practice.
Simple meaning: Of the nine ways of counting time, only five are used in daily life.
ग्रहाणां निखिलश्चारो गृह्यते सौरमानतः ।
Planet movement is counted by the Sun, and rain and pregnancy by the civil day.
प्रवर्षणां समे गर्भौ नाक्षत्रेण प्रगृह्यते ।
Rain and the year are counted by the stars. Journeys, marriages, vows and shaving need the moon day and year lord.
पर्ववास्तूपवासादि कृत्स्नं चांद्रेण गृह्यते ।
Fasts and house rites follow the Moon. The sixty-year names follow Jupiter.