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  1. for a wedding, solicit the hand of a woman, and take measures for the education of religious people.
  2. On the day of Ard (Arshisang) the masters and mistresses of houses should adorn their children with golden dresses or ornaments. And let the poor be continually looked after and assisted.
  3. On the day of Âshtâd let those who are deserving of a good recompense be respected and honoured, and the imprisoned criminals, and those that are worthy of chastisement, be punished. On this day people should refrain from going to battle, from feats of heroism, from quarrels or disputes, as well as from following trade, and they should prefer sedentary employment.
  4. On the day of Âsmân no debt should be incurred. .[1] but deserving and good actions—viz. those pertaining to pious worship, commerce, and war—be performed.
  5. The day of Zamyâd is auspicious for laying out beds of flowers in a garden, for consecrating a newly-built house or dwelling, for planting trees, for tilling the ground, for garnering up ripe corn, and for storing corn and stacking grass. One should attend to other similar actions, but he ought not to take any medicine (on this day).[1]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The passage is too obscure to be easily understood.
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