The Blessed One continued, “Goddess, the goddess I embrace is a woman with the complete set of all characteristics. She is the one who accomplishes bliss on this earth.”

“Blessed One,” the Goddess replied, “On which day can one attain siddhi?”

“Listen Goddess,” the Blessed One replied, “it is the day that ensures success for the practitioner. In this case, practitioners will surely attain the eight siddhis if they perform the practice on the eighth day of the waning moon during the lunar month of Māgha as it occurs in Jambudvīpa. Let there be no doubt about this. A person who performs the sādhana on the fifth day of the lunar month of Vaiśākha will quickly gain accomplishment. If one performs it on the fourteenth day of the waning moon during the lunar month of Śrāvaṇa, one will attain the great siddhi, and likewise during the lunar month of Kārtika.

“Statues, texts, and paintings should be started on the eleventh day of the waxing moon during the lunar month of Āśvin. The yogin who makes them should also consecrate them on that day, because blessings are sure to enter them.

“One can make use of blood, the five meats and the like, alcohol, various types of meat, food, drink, and whatever else one wishes. All siddhis will be received.”