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Understanding Panchanga Basics

The document discusses the meaning and components of Panchanga. Panchanga refers to the five main divisions of Hindu calendar - Tithi, Vaara, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana. Understanding these five components is important for determining auspicious times to start important tasks. The five components together in a book or almanac is called a Panchanga. The document then provides details on Tithi, specifically the 15 lunar days that make up a lunar month, alternating between the bright and dark halves of the lunar cycle.

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Understanding Panchanga Basics

The document discusses the meaning and components of Panchanga. Panchanga refers to the five main divisions of Hindu calendar - Tithi, Vaara, Nakshatra, Yoga, and Karana. Understanding these five components is important for determining auspicious times to start important tasks. The five components together in a book or almanac is called a Panchanga. The document then provides details on Tithi, specifically the 15 lunar days that make up a lunar month, alternating between the bright and dark halves of the lunar cycle.

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PANCHANGA

The word Panchanga is derived from two words PANCH & ANGA.
Pancha means five and Anga means limbs.
The five limbs are 1) Tithi 2) Vaara 3) Nakshatra 4) Yoga and 5) Karana.

The study of these five items is very much essential for ascertaining an
auspicious moment for starting any important work. This is called the
Muhurta. The book indicating these five limbs is called PANCHANGA.

TITHI:
A lunar month will have 15 tithis and starts from the end of one
Amavasya (New Moon day) till the next Amavasya. The 15 tithis are as
follows.

SUKLA PAKSHA (Bright half) KRISHNA PAKSHA (Dark half)


1. Pratipada 1. Pratipada
2. Dwitiya 2. Dwitiya
3. Triteeya 3. Triteeya
4. Chaturdi/Chavithi 4. Chaturdi/Chavithi
5. Panchami 5. Panchami
6. Shashti 6. Shashti
7. Saptami 7. Saptami
8. Ashtami 8. Ashtami
9. Navami 9. Navami
10. Dasami 10. Dasami
11. Ekadasi 11. Ekadasi
12. Dwadasi 12. Dwadasi
13. Trayodasi 13. Trayodasi
14. Chaturdasi 14. Chaturdasi
15. Poornima 15. Amavasya

On the day of amavasya the longitude of Moon and Sun are equal. The
increase of the the difference of their longitude gives rise to Tithi. For
every 12 degrees of difference of longitude of Moon and longitude of Sun
one tithi changes. On the day of Poornima the difference between the
longitudes of Moon and Sun will be 180 degrees. The mathematical
formula for deriving the tithi is as follows.

(long. Of Moon – long. Of Sun ) / 12 =Q

Q represents the tithi. Thus the tithi is having an evidence in the Zodiac
where as the Date is not having any evidence.

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