PANCHANG

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Om Govinday Namah___

PANCHANG_It’s Sanskrit word consists of two words ‘pancha+anga means five parts, they’re

1_vara

2_tithi

3_nakshatra

4_yoga

5_karana.

1 Vara__ it’s week days as per 7 planets commencing from sun to Saturn.in panchang hora means one hour duration thuse 24 hora will be in a day, means 25th hora will be next day starts with a new planet.e,g it starts with Mars then it will be Tuesday.

2 Tithi____appearance of moon as a thin line and gradually increasing to full moon shape on the 15th day and again gradually decreasing and disappearing in the 15th day.full moon is called poornima &new moon is called amavasya tithi.one tithi forms 12 degree distance from the sun thuse in 30 days it completed 12×30=360 degrees (30 tithis).

3__ Nakshtras__ nine planets along with the sub_planets transit in the sky in a restricted are of 8 degrees in the universe.this is called zodiac consisting of 360 degrees which is divided into 27 equal parts & each part is a nakshtra.so total 27 stars or nakshtra with names Ashwani to Revati.

4__Yoga__the sidereal graph of the sun and Moon when added,it forms yoga there are 27 types of yagyas.1_Vishkumbha2_Preeti3_Ayushman4_Saubhagya5_Shobana6_Atiganda7_Sukarma8_ Dhriti9_Shoola10_Ganda11_Vriddhi12_Dhruva13__Vyaghata14_Harshana15_Vajra16_. Siddhi 17_Vyatipata18_Variyana19_Parigha20. Shiva21_Siddha22_Sadhya23_Subha24__Sukla25_Brahma26_Aindra27_Vaidhriti.

5_____Karana_when a tithi is made into two equal parts,Karan means that can be done,each katana is counted four times in a fortnight and they are,bava ,balava,kaulava, taitila, Varanasi, vanija, and bhadra.

Jyotishacharya (Ved )