The Sage Parasara said — O Maitreya! The person born on Amavasya is always poverty stricken. It is therefore essential to adopt remedial measures to obtain relief from the evil effects of such births, which are as follows — Take a Kalash (कलश water vessel) and then put in it fresh leaves of Goolar (a wild fig), Vata (banyan), pipal, mango and neema (margo) trees and cover it with two pieces of cloth. Then instal the Kalash in the South West direction after reciting (वरुण) etc., and (आपो हि ष्ठा) etc., mantras. Then worship the idols of the Sun and the Moon, ruling deities of Amavasya, made of gold and silver mixed with copper respectively, by recitation of (आकृष्णेन) etc., mantras for the Sun and (इमं देवा) etc., mantras for the Moon 16 or 5 times. Thereafter perform havana with 108 or 28 oblations of the mixture of prescribed fuels (समिधा) and cooked food (चरु) with recitation of mantras of the Sun and the Moon. Later sprinkle the water on the child born and his parents and offer in charity gold, silver and a black cow together with feeding the Brahmins according to one's means. By performing these remedial rites the child born gains freedom and protection from the evil effects of the birth on Amavasya.

समिधश्च चरुं विद्वान्‌ क्रमेण जुहुयाद्‌ व्रती । भक्त्यासवितरमन्त्रेण सोमोधेनुश्च मन्त्रतः । । 7 । । इसके बाद शुद्ध चरु व सामग्री का भक्तिपूर्वक हवन करना चाहिए । (1) आकृष्णेन रजसा इत्यादि प्रसिद्ध सूर्यमन्त्र से सूर्य का हवन करें । (2) सोमो धेनुः सोमोऽअर्व्वन्तमाशुः सोमोव्वीरङ्कर्म्मण्यन्ददाति — इस मन्त्र से चन्द्रमा का हवन करें ।