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=== Tithi ===

=== Tithi ===

Danas made on certain tithis are said to yield inexhaustible rewards.  

Danas made on certain tithis are said to yield inexhaustible rewards.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

* Dinakshya : When three tithis occur on the same day, it is called as Dinakshaya () as the middle one is suppressed in the Panchanga (Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karanam) of that day.   

* Dinakshya : When three tithis occur on the same day, it is called as Dinakshaya (दिनक्षयम्) as the middle one is suppressed in the calendar.   

* Purnima (full moon day) 12th Titihi (Dvadashi) yield inexhaustible rewards and are highly commended when associated with bath, japa, homa, annadana, and fasting.  

* Purnima (full moon day) 12th Titihi (Dvadashi) yield inexhaustible rewards and are highly commended when associated with bath, japa, homa, annadana, and fasting.  

* Shanka describes the importance of four tithis in combination with particular days of the week for dana : Amavasya falls on Monday, 7th Titihi (Saptami) on a Sunday, 4th Titihi (Chaturdhi) on  Tuesday, 8th Titihi (Ashtami) on Wednesday. These four combinations are compared to eclipses in the rewards they give. Hemadri quotes the significance of these tithis in Chaturvarga Chintamani. (Page 66 of Reference <ref>Pt. Bharatachandra Siromani (1873) ''[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.424417/2015.424417.chaturvarga-chintamani#page/n95/mode/2up Chaturvarga Chintamani by Hemadri, Vol 1, Dana kanda.]'' Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal</ref>).  

* Shanka describes the importance of four tithis in combination with particular days of the week for dana : Amavasya falls on Monday, 7th Titihi (Saptami) on a Sunday, 4th Titihi (Chaturdhi) on  Tuesday, 8th Titihi (Ashtami) on Wednesday. These four combinations are compared to eclipses in the rewards they give. Hemadri quotes the significance of these tithis in Chaturvarga Chintamani. (Page 66 of Reference <ref>Pt. Bharatachandra Siromani (1873) ''[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.424417/2015.424417.chaturvarga-chintamani#page/n95/mode/2up Chaturvarga Chintamani by Hemadri, Vol 1, Dana kanda.]'' Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal</ref>).  

* Hemadri in Chaturvarga Chintamani dedicates a total chapter on danas to be made on each tithi quoting various references from Puranas and Smritis along with the rewards obtained from doing so<ref>Pt. Bharatachandra Siromani (1873) ''[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.424417/2015.424417.chaturvarga-chintamani#page/n877/mode/2up Chaturvarga Chintamani by Hemadri, Vol 1, Dana kanda.]'' Adhyaya 12, Pages 849 to 868 Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal </ref> summarized by Shri. Sanjay Agarwal.<ref name=":0" />

* Hemadri in Chaturvarga Chintamani dedicates a total chapter on danas to be made on each tithi quoting various references from Puranas and Smritis along with the rewards obtained from doing so<ref>Pt. Bharatachandra Siromani (1873) ''[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.424417/2015.424417.chaturvarga-chintamani#page/n877/mode/2up Chaturvarga Chintamani by Hemadri, Vol 1, Dana kanda.]'' Adhyaya 12, Pages 849 to 868 Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal </ref> summarized by Shri. Sanjay Agarwal.  

* Vishnu Dharma sutras (Adhyaya 89) deals with rewards of the gifts of various articles made on Purnima, the full moon days of the twelve months of the year.  

* Vishnu Dharma sutras (Adhyaya 89) deals with rewards of the gifts of various articles made on Purnima, the full moon days of the twelve months of the year.