पंचांग
Panchang
The Hindu almanac. 'Panch-ang' means five limbs: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana.
Together the five limbs describe the quality of a day. People use the panchang to find festival dates, fasting days and good times (muhurat) to start things.
A Hindu day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise, so a tithi or nakshatra can change in the middle of your calendar day.
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पंचांग
हिंदू पंचांग। 'पंच-अंग' यानी पाँच अंग: तिथि, वार, नक्षत्र, योग और करण।
ये पाँचों मिलकर दिन की प्रकृति बताते हैं। लोग पंचांग से त्योहार, व्रत और काम शुरू करने का शुभ समय (मुहूर्त) देखते हैं।
हिंदू दिन सूर्योदय से अगले सूर्योदय तक चलता है, इसलिए तिथि या नक्षत्र आपके कैलेंडर दिन के बीच में बदल सकते हैं।
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- TithiThe lunar date: which day it is in the Moon's cycle. There are 30 in a month.
- Vara (Weekday)The day of the week, each ruled by a planet: Sunday the Sun, Monday the Moon, and so on.
- NakshatraOne of 27 star groups the Moon passes through. Yours is where the Moon was at birth.
- Yoga (in the panchang)One of 27 daily combinations of the Sun and Moon. Most are fine; a few are avoided for new work.
- KaranaHalf of a tithi. Two karanas make one tithi.
- Paksha (Shukla and Krishna)The two halves of the lunar month: Shukla (moon getting brighter) and Krishna (moon getting darker).
- Lunar month (Amanta and Purnimanta)The Hindu month, like Kartika or Shravana. North India ends it on full moon, south and west India on new moon.
- Vikram SamvatThe Hindu calendar year, about 57 years ahead of the common year.
- MuhuratA good time to start something important, chosen from the panchang.