3. If on leaving the house, a man meets an unwidowed woman or a virgin with a jar filled with water on her head, it is an indication that the object of the expedition will be accomplished.[78]
4. While starting on a good errand, if one breathes through the left nostril or comes across a person carrying a basket of eggs, it is a good omen.
5. If at the time of leaving for a visit to another town or village, the position of the moon in the circle explaining the position of stars with reference to one’s birth-day stars, be in the rear or on the left of that position, it is a bad omen, but if it be in the front or on the right it is a good omen.
The moon in front means fulfilment of the intended purpose, on the right, it confers happiness and prosperity, on the back it causes death, and on the left, loss of wealth.
6. The warbling of the bird bhairav on the right while going out and on the left while returning is a good omen, but the opposite is bad.[79]
7. A cat or a serpent crossing one’s path is ominous of evil; but if either passes on the right, it foretells good.[79]
8. A jackal howling in the evening prognosticates damage by fire to the town or village; its howling at midnight predicts robbery; while in the last part of the night it foretells good.
9. Kāg-rāshiās (expounders of the utterances of crows) know the good and bad indications of the croakings of crows.
10. The wailing notes of the bird Fāvadi forebode evil.[79]
11. The throbbing of the right eye or side in the case of men and of the left eye or side in the case of women is considered to be a good omen, while the contrary is bad.[79]