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twenty-four-hour day between the sunrises. This is called tryaha-sparsa,
or a day touched by some portion of three tithis.

Srila Jiva Gosvami has given quotations from many Sdstras stating that
the Srdddha ceremony of oblations to the forefathers should not be per-
formed on Ekadasi tithi. When the tithi of the death anniversary falls on
the Ekadasi day, the sraddha ceremony should be held not on Ekadasi
but on the next day, or dvddasi. In the Brahma-vaivarta Purdna it is
said:

ye kurvanti mahipdla
Sraddham caikadasi-dine
trayas te narakam yanti
data bhokta ca prerakah
If one performs the sra@ddha ceremony of oblations to the forefathers on
the Ekadasi tithi, then the performer, the forefathers for whom the
Srdddha is observed, and the purohita, or the family priest who en-
courages the ceremony, all go to hell.
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Tea Aaa: Bray got ATTA: |
a
galq aalerag FalsHes Targa: |v
ta ete Sreyasah kala
nfnam sreyo-vivardhanah
kuryat sarvatmanaitesu
Sreyo ’mogham tad-adyusah

te—therefore; ete—all these (descriptions of astronomical calcula-
tions); sreyasah—of auspiciousness; kalah—times; nfndm—for human
beings; Sreyah—auspiciousness; vivardhandh—increase; kurydt—one
should perform; sarva-Gtmand—by other activities (not only the
$raddha ceremony); etesu—in these (seasons); sreyah —(causing)
auspiciousness; amogham—and success; tat—of a human being;
ayusah—of the duration of life.
