In the light half of the month of Kartika in especial, one should abstain from honey and mcat. It has been ordained, that there is great merit in it.
कौमुदे तु विशेषेण शुक्लपक्षे नराधिप। वर्जयेन्मधुमांसानि धर्मो ह्यत्र विधीयते॥