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Ideal Family Life
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twenty-four-hour day between the sunrises. This is called  tryaha-sparśa , or a day touched by some portion of three  tithis .
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has given quotations from many  śāstras  stating that the  śrāddha  ceremony of oblations to the forefathers should not be performed on Ekādaśī  tithi . When the  tithi  of the death anniversary falls on the Ekādaśī day, the  śrāddha  ceremony should be held not on Ekādaśī but on the next day, or  dvādaśī . In the  Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa  it is said:
ye kurvanti mahīpāla śrāddham caikādaśī-dine trayas te narakam yānti dātā bhoktā ca prerakaḥ
If one performs the  śrāddha  ceremony of oblations to the forefathers on the Ekādaśī  tithi , then the performer, the forefathers for whom the  śrāddha  is observed, and the  purohita , or the family priest who encourages the ceremony, all go to hell.
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त एते श्रेयसः काला नृणां श्रेयोविवर्धनाः । कुर्यात् सर्वात्मनैतेषु श्रेयोऽमोघं तदायुषः ॥२४॥
ta ete śreyasaḥ kālā nīṇām śreyo-vivardhanāḥ kuryāt sarvātmanaiteṣu śreyo 'mogham tad-āyuṣaḥ
te —therefore;  ete —all these (descriptions of astronomical calculations);  śreyasaḥ —of auspiciousness;  kālāḥ —times;  nīṇām —for human beings;  śreyaḥ —auspiciousness;  vivardhanāḥ —increase;  kuryāt —one should perform;  sarva-ātmanā —by other activities (not only the  śrāddha  ceremony);  eteṣu —in these (seasons);  śreyaḥ —(causing) auspiciousness;  amogham —and success;  tat —of a human being;  āyuṣaḥ —of the duration of life.