Kutapa
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kutapa · kutapa muhūrta
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Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A specific auspicious time period prescribed by the Veda as primary for performing śrāddha with cooked food.
**The Kutapa Period for a Śrāddha with Cooked Food**
And that, on the day when the southern solstice occurs, // Ang_1.
But where there is a loss of the *kutapa* period, one should act thus.
Vīramitrodaya
The eighth muhūrta of the day (around midday), held to be the most meritorious moment for beginning ancestral offerings.
Now, the *kutapa* time.
Thus ends the *kutapa*.
And that is the eighth *muhūrta* of the day.