Tikanikayātra · Chapter 3
garavaṇijā(ja)viṣṭi(pari)varjitāni karaṇāni yātur aniṣṭāni(iṣṭāni)/
garam api kaiś cic chastaṃ vaṇijā(jāṃ) ca vaṇikkriyāsv eva//
śivabhujagamitrapitṛvasujalaviśvaviriñcipaṅkajaprabhavāḥ/
indrāgnīndraniśācaravaruṇāryyamayonayaś cāhni//
rudrājāhirbudhnyāḥ pūṣā dakhāntakāgnidhātāraḥ/
indvaditiguruhariravitvaṣṭranilākhyāḥ kṣaṇā rātrau//
ahnaḥ pañcadaśāṃśo rātreś caivaṃ muhūrta iti saṃjñā/
sa ca vijñeyas tajjñaiś chāyāyantrāmbubhir yuktyā//
nakṣatravat kṣaṇānāṃ parighādi tadīśvaraiḥ samaṃ cintyam/
phalam api tad eva dṛṣṭaṃ gargādyais tatra ca ślokāḥ//
ahorātraṃ ca saṃpūrṇaṃ candranakṣatrayojitam/
tannakṣatramuhūrttāś ca samakarmaguṇāḥ smṛtāḥ//
yaś cāṣṭamo muhūrto viriñcināmābhijit sa nirdiṣṭaḥ/
tasmiṃs trya (lacuna) yāmyām atyantagatasya jayalabdhiḥ//
aṣṭamena divase same śubho yo viriñcivibhusaṃjñitāḥ(taḥ)(add.kṣaṇaḥ)/
tena yānam apahāyi(ya)dakṣiṇāṃ sarvadikṣu a(kṣvabhi)jit(tā)praśasyate//E8
Original text: Tikanikayātra · Edition: Pandit, Vasant Kumar R., Tikanikayatra of Varahamihira, Journal of the University of Bombay. · Data entry Mizue Sugita · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0