बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

648 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXVI. Sl. 12.
chieftains of the same rank in a concourse, they refer to
one who is seniormost; by virtue of his birth, learning
and age.
मुक्तप्राप्तैष्यदर्कासु फलं दिक्षु तथाविधम् ।
अङ्गारदीप्तधूमिन्यस्ताश्च शान्तास्ततोऽपराः ॥१२॥
Sloka 12.— For three hours after Sunrise the North-
east is called Mukta Surya (i. e., one that has aban-
doned the Sun), the East, Prapta-Surya (i.e., one that
has attained the Sun) and the South-east, Eshyat Surya
(one that is going to get the Sun) ; for the second watch
of the day, the East, South-east and South respectively
get those names ; for the third watch, the South-east,
South, and South-west ; for the fourth watch, South, South-
west and West ; for the first watch of the night, South-
west, West and North-west ; for the 2nd watch, West,
North-west and North ; for the third watch, North-west,
North and North-east ; and for the fourth watch, North,
North-east and East. The effects of omens in the res-
pective directions are as signified by their names given
above, i. e., in the Mukta-Surya quarter, the effect of the
omen is already spent up ; in the next quarter, it is to be
experienced the same day ; and in the next, it is impend-
ing. The three quarters named above, viz. Mukta, Prapta
and Eshya (abondoned, prevailing and coming) are
severally termed Angara (charcoal), Deepta (burning) and
Dhumini (smoking), and the remaining quarters, tranquil.
The commentator refutes the statement of some scholars who
hold that the East is प्राप्तसूर्य or दीप्त during the three hours made
up of the last half watch of the night and the first half-watch of
the day, and quotes Garga in support of his contention.
N. B.—In the light of this view, we have to make some