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Panchang is an astrological diary, based on past, current and future placement of planets in the zodiac. You can match the current position of planets with the position of planets in your unique astrological chart and able to look ahead to find the best days and times for you. Panchang is an ancient method that helps in knowing when to synchronize your actions with good times helps you reduce obstacles and increase your chances for success. Panchang makes it easy for you to know what days and times are good for you, and which ones may cause problems. Panchang is accurate ancient Vedic astrology applied to the practical needs of your day-to-day life. It works especially for the big things, like travel, romance, marriage, finance, visiting the dentist, exams, interviews, starting new projects etc. Panchang reveals how the subtle conditions of time help create the vibration of our surroundings. By synchronizing ourselves with positive times our lives are helped in practical, tangible ways.
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Panchang consists of Panch and ang . Panch means Five and ang means aspect or part . The five aspects of the Panchang are supposed to represent the five sources of ethereal energy . The five aspects taken are :
Tithi (lunar day)
Vara (weekday)
Nakshatra (constellation)
Yoga (a Luni-solar day)
Karana (half a lunar day)
Tithi - This is the time during which the difference of the increment of longitude of the Sun and the Moon amounts to 12°. The lunar day is to the Hindu of the most
prominent practical importance, since by it is regulated the performance of many religious
ceremonies. In other words, the Tithi repre sents the lunar energy, and lunar energy is
identified with mental energy
Each Tithi or Lunar day is equal to 0.9483 of a day so that a lunar month is equal to about
29.53 days. The ending time of a Tithi is the moment at which the Moon is removed from the
Sun by multiples of 12°. Thus when the Moon is 12° away from the Sun, the first lunar day or
Prathama ends ; when 24° Dwitiya and so on ; when in conjunction the Amavasya (New
Moon), and when in opposition (180°) Pournimasya (full Moon) ends.
Vara - This is of course the ordinary weekday. The weekdays are named in
accordance with certain astronomical considerations. Therefore on a weekday bearing the
name of a particular planet, the influence of that planet is said to be predominant.
Nakshatra - The zodiac is marked by 27 constellations or Nakshatras often termed lunar
mansions. The position of a Nakshatra is dependent upon the actual time taken by the Moon
to traverse 13° 20.' of ecliptic arc, of course, always beginning from the first point of the
constellational zodiac. If constellations are huge electromagnetic bodies radiating energy
into space, there seems to be sense in attributing certain influences to these radiations and
the Moon coming into contact with such radiations probably exercises special influences.
Yoga - It is the period during which the joint motion in longitude of the Sun and the
Moon amounts to 13° 20'. Every Hindu almanac contains a column specifying the yoga
for each day and when it would end. There are twenty-seven Yogas.
Yoga represents a conjunction of subtle influences which strengthen our bodies, remove
the germs of disease, and help us to enjoy health and life in its various phases.
Karana - And finally we have Karana, or half a lunar day meaning thereby the time taken
to complete the distance which should be the multiple of 6 between the Sun and Moon.
There are 11 Karanas, viz., (1) Bava, (2) Balava, (3) Kaulava, (4) Taitula, (5) Garija, (6)
Vanija, (7) Visti, (8) Sakuna, (9) Chatushpada, (10) Naga and (11) Kimstughna. The first
seven come by rotation eight times in a lunar month, commencing with the second half of
the first lunar day. The last four are said to be permanent Karanas and occur in order with
the second half of the 29th lunar day.
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