Rite no. 6 / 16
निष्क्रमण
The first outing
The infant is carried outside for the first time and shown the sun, the sky and the wider world — a gentle introduction of the child to creation, and of creation to the child.
Around the fourth month.
Gṛhya-Sūtras — early childhood rites — SBE Vol. 29 (1886), public domain
The Gṛhya-Sūtras, Part I · trans. Hermann Oldenberg · 1886 · Public Domain