At the moment of erecting a pole or a bamboo for the marriage pandal, note the number of the Tithi (the lunar ` day). Multiply this by five. To this product add the number of the nakshatra counted from krittika. To this product add twelve and divide the total by nine. When the remainder is 1, 40r 7 the king of the tortoise will be in water. The result is beneficial. If the remainder is 2, 5 or 8 the tortoise is on the land and the result is loss or destruction. If the remainder is 3, 6 or 9 the tortoise is in the sky and the effect is death.