Adhyaya 121

It codifies electional rules (muhūrta) using tithi–vāra–nakṣatra–rāśi and planetary conditions (e.g., ṣaṭkāṣṭaka incompatibility; Jupiter’s vakra/aticāra bans; combust Jupiter–Venus cautions), and it systematizes tārā-bala (Janma through Paramamitra) for judging suitability.

By treating timing, purity, and corrective rites as dharma-governed disciplines, it makes worldly actions (marriage, saṃskāras, building, trade, warfare-preparation) instruments of right order; correct performance generates merit and steadiness of mind, supporting the broader puruṣārtha trajectory toward mokṣa.

Vivāha (marriage), karṇavedha (ear-piercing), puṃsavana (prenatal rite), annaprāśana (first feeding), cūḍākaraṇa (tonsure), makhalā-bandhana (girdle rite), and samāvartana (graduation/return-from-studentship) are each assigned favorable and avoidable tithis, weekdays, and nakṣatras.

Yes—procedures using Śrīṃ–Hrīṃ sampuṭa on an eight-petalled diagram, stambhana (immobilization) rites with “oṃ hūṃ saḥ,” and mṛtyu-nivāraṇa (warding off death) charms written on bhūrja/cloth with specified substances are integrated into the timing framework.