Gajacchāyā
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Vyatīpāta · Vyatīpāta Yoga · aṣṭakās · dhṛti · elephant's shadow · gajacchāyā · manvantaras · saṃkrāntis · vyatīpāta · yugādis
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Vīramitrodaya
An astrological yoga (seventeenth among the Viṣkumbha group) treated as an occasion of immense merit for gifts and rites.
> If Jupiter and Mars are in Leo, and the sun is in Aries, in the bright fortnight, / > the *tithi* called Pāśā, conjoined with Karabha, is the yoga called Vyatīpāta.
// > At a Vyatīpāta, the gift is immeasurable, know the knowers of the Veda.
The meaning is that an Amāvāsyā conjoined with the first quarter of any of these *nakṣatras*, when it falls on a Sunday, is Vyatīpāta.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The astronomical/calendrical classification (manvantaras, yugādis, saṃkrāntis, aṣṭakās, etc.) that structures the timing of śrāddha rites.
the new moons (*amā*), the *manvantaras* (*manu*), the *yugādis* (*yuga*), the solstices/equinoxes (*krānti*), the *dhṛti* and *vyatīpāta* yogas, the *mahālaya* period, the three *aṣṭakās* (अष्टका), and the *gajacchāyā* (गजच्छाया) yoga.
These same monthly *śrāddhas* (श्राद्ध), when performed every month, become one hundred and eight.
* 12 New Moons (*amāvāsyā*) * 14 *Manvantaras* * 4 *Yugādis* * 12 Solstices/Equinoxes (*saṃkrānti*) // Ang_1.