Text 23] Ideal Family Life 169

ayane—on the day when the sun begins to move north, or Makara-
sankranti, and on the day when the sun begins to move south, or
Karkata-sankranti; visuve—on the Mesa-sankranti and on the Tula-
sankranti; kuryat—one should perform; vyatipdte—in the yoga named
Vyatipata; dina-ksaye—on that day in which three tithis are combined;
candra-dditya-upardge —at the time of the eclipse of either the moon or
the sun; ca—and also; duddasyam Sravanesu—on the twelfth lunar day
and in the naksatra named Sravana; ca—and; trtiyayam—on the
Aksaya-trtiya day; sukla-pakse—in the bright fortnight of the month;
navamyam—on the ninth lunar day; atha—also; kartike—in the month
of Kartika (October-November); catasrsu—on the four; api—also;
astakasu—on the Astakas; hemante—before the winter season; Sisire—
in the winter season; tatha—and also; méghe—in the month of Magha
(January-February); ca—and; sita-saptamyém—on the seventh lunar
day of the bright fortnight; magha-raka-samagame —in the conjunction
of Magha-naksatra and the full-moon day; raékayd—with a day of the
completely full moon; ca—and; anumatydé—with a full-moon day when
the moon is slightly less than completely full; ca—and; mdsa-rksani—
the naksatras that are the sources of the names of the various months;
yutani—are conjoined; api—also; dvddasyam—on the twelfth lunar
day; anurddha—the naksatra named Anuradha; syat—may occur;
Sravanah—the naksatra named Sravana; tisrah—the three (naksatras);
uttarah—the naksatras named Uttara (Uttara-phalguni, Uttardsadha and
Uttara-bhadrapada); tisrsu—on three; ekddasi—the eleventh lunar day;
vad—or; Gsu—on these; janma-rksa—of one’s own janma-naksatra, or
birth star; srona—of Sravana-naksatra; yoga—by a conjunction; yuk—
having.

TRANSLATION

One should perform the sraddha ceremony on the Makara-
sankranti [the day when the sun begins to move north] or on the
Karkata-sankranti [the day when the sun begins to move south].
One should also perform this ceremony on the Mesa-sankranti day
and the Tula-sankranti day, in the yoga named Vyatipata, on that
day in which three lunar tithis are conjoined, during an eclipse of
either the moon or the sun, on the twelfth lunar day, and in the
Sravana-naksatra. One should perform this ceremony on the
Aksaya-trtiya day, on the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight of
