So. 26.— 1883.] PADDY CULTIVATION CUSTOMS. 



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III. — The seven days are : — 



1. — Ravi ... ... Sim. 



2. — Chandra ... ... Moon. 



3. — Kuja ... Mars. 



4. — Budha ... ... Mercury, 



5. _Guru ... ... Jupiter. 



6. — Sukra or Kivi ... Venus, 



7. — Seni ... ... Saturn. 



IV. — The twelve signs of the Zodiac (rdsi) are : — * 



1. — Mesha. 7.— Tula. 



2. — Wrishabha. 8.— Wrischika. 



3. — Mitlmna. 9.— Dhanu. 



4. — Karkataka. 10, — Makara. 



5. — Siyha. 11.— Kumbha. 



6. - Kanya. 12.— Mma. 



Commencing Operations. 



V. — The neket Pusha, Sa, Uttarapal, Uttarasala, Uttaraputupa, 

 Sita, Anura, and Berana, and the tithi Pelaviya, Diyawaka, Tiya- 

 waka, Viseniya, Satawaka, Dasawaka, Ekoloswaka, and Pasalos- 

 waka, and the days Kuja, Guru, and Budha, in the rdsi assigned, 

 to the planets, Guru, Sukra, Budha,f are auspicious for entering 

 upon a field to commence cultivation. 



Ploughing. 



VI. — For ploughing adopt the following neket ; — Puwapal, 

 Puwasala, Puwaputupa, Hata, Sita, Manekata, Deta, Mula, 

 Rewatiya, Anura, Puna vasa, Suvana, Pusha, Uttarapal, Uttara- 

 sala, Uttaraputupa, Sa, Visa, Muwasirisa, Denata ; oja tithi 

 having no riktu ;% the days Ravi, Budha, Guru, Sukra ; the 



* "The Sun, Moon, and Planets move through these rdsi in their courses. 

 Avurudda ('year') is the time during which the Sun travels through all 12 

 rdsi in his course, beginning from the first point of Me'sha rdsi ,-" and the solar 

 month the time during which the Sun continues in any one rdsi. 



f Of the twelve rdsi, that called Sinha (Leo ) is allotted to the Sun, and 

 Karkataka (Cancer) to the Moon ; the rest are given to the other five planets 

 in the order of their position with regard to the Sun, Mithuna and Kanya, 

 the rdsi bordering " the mansions" of the Sun and Moon, on either side, 

 belong to Mercury : the two beyond these, viz., Wrishabha and Tula, are 

 assigned to Venus: the next two, Me'sha and Wrischika, to Mars: Mi'na and 

 Dhanu to Jupiter: and the last two, Makara and Kumbha, to Saturn. 



% " Oja tithi" are the eleven tithi from Dasawaka oipura paksa to Viseniya 

 of ava paksa. Of these, Tuduswaka and Jala waka are " riMd," and rejected, 

 as bad for all work. 



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