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Dana Kala Nirnaya (दानकालनिर्णयः) (view source)
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Scriptures have laid down several rules regarding the proper times for offering Dana (दानकालनिर्णयः). Apart from the daily offering of dana, (nityadana । नित्यदानम्) donations made at specific times of the year and festival days are said to be highly meritorious.
== Planetary Transits and Eclipses ==
A donor is bestowed with inexhaustible rewards when he offers gifts on <ref name=":1">Kane, Pandurang. Vaman. (1941) ''History of Dharmasastra, Volume Two, Part 2.'' Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute</ref><ref name=":0">Agarwal, Sanjay. (2010) ''Daan and Other Giving Traditions in India.'' New Delhi: AccountAid, India</ref>
* first day of Ayana (passage of sun to the north or south । )
* on equinox days (vishuvat ।)
* during an eclipse of sun or moon (surya or chandra grahanam।)
* beginning of Shadashiti (sankranti ।) marked by sun's entrance into the zodiac signs of Gemini, VIrgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces according to Laghu Shatatapa text.<ref name=":1" />
* all twelve sankrantis are auspicious for offering dana, the most prominent being Makara sankranti which is the festival for dana itself.
These injunctions are explained in Vanaparva of Mahabharata.
=== Amavasya and Pournima ===
A gift made on Amavasya imparts rewards by a hundred times more than that obtained by making a dana on an ordinary day.
=== Day and Night ===
The preferred time to make a dana is during the day, however on particular occasions it may be made at night.
== Planetary Transits and Eclipses ==
A donor is bestowed with inexhaustible rewards when he offers gifts on <ref name=":1">Kane, Pandurang. Vaman. (1941) ''History of Dharmasastra, Volume Two, Part 2.'' Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute</ref><ref name=":0">Agarwal, Sanjay. (2010) ''Daan and Other Giving Traditions in India.'' New Delhi: AccountAid, India</ref>
* first day of Ayana (passage of sun to the north or south । )
* on equinox days (vishuvat ।)
* during an eclipse of sun or moon (surya or chandra grahanam।)
* beginning of Shadashiti (sankranti ।) marked by sun's entrance into the zodiac signs of Gemini, VIrgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces according to Laghu Shatatapa text.<ref name=":1" />
* all twelve sankrantis are auspicious for offering dana, the most prominent being Makara sankranti which is the festival for dana itself.
These injunctions are explained in Vanaparva of Mahabharata.
=== Amavasya and Pournima ===
A gift made on Amavasya imparts rewards by a hundred times more than that obtained by making a dana on an ordinary day.
=== Day and Night ===
The preferred time to make a dana is during the day, however on particular occasions it may be made at night.