Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
तिथयः पक्षरंध्राख्या ह्यतिरूक्षा प्रकीर्तिताः । समुद्र मनुरंध्रांकतत्त्वसंख्यास्तुनाडिकाः ॥ १३८ ॥
tithayaḥ pakṣaraṃdhrākhyā hyatirūkṣā prakīrtitāḥ | samudra manuraṃdhrāṃkatattvasaṃkhyāstunāḍikāḥ || 138 ||
On dit que les tithi sont d’une subtilité extrême, et qu’ils sont désignés comme les « randhra (ouvertures) de la quinzaine (pakṣa) ». Quant aux nāḍikā (mesures du temps), elles doivent être comptées selon les appellations numériques traditionnelles—telles que « océan » (samudra), « Manu », « ouverture » (randhra), « chiffre » (aṅka) et « tattva »—utilisées pour exprimer les nombres.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It frames sacred time as a subtle, precisely measured reality—so that vows (vratas), worship, and dharmic observances align with the correct tithi and paksha, supporting purity of practice and steady progress in Moksha-dharma.
Bhakti practices like Ekadashi, fasts, and festival worship depend on correct tithi reckoning; the verse emphasizes accurate time-knowledge so devotion is offered at the proper sacred moment, strengthening discipline and sincerity in Vishnu-bhakti oriented observances.
Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga: it highlights calendrical computation—tithi/paksha concepts, nāḍikā as a time-unit, and the use of conventional number-words (bhūta-saṅkhyā) such as samudra and manu for encoding numerical values.