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Foreward Time is infinite and immeasurable and relative. For example, the concept of time doesn’t exist in outer space. On earth we have various systems to measure time from time to time in the past. Even current Gregorian calendar have been changed in the past. It doesn’t match with earth’s speed and hence we have to add a leap year at some intervals, even after that it really doesn’t match with earth’s speed around the Sun. The same system when you validate from the distant star as a reference is 20 minutes longer than tropical year because of precession.
As per old Indian Astronomical treatises the time measurement was not done in hours and minutes but in terms of Ghatika (Nadi) and Pal (Vinadi). Where the length of the day was still 24 hours hence 60 Ghatis would map to 24 hours a day. The reference point when day (Ahoratram) starts was from the Sunrise to another Sunrise. Whereas per current Gregorian calendar the day starts at 0:0 hours. In the ancient Rome timekeeping midnight was half between the sunset and next the Sunrise. Time keeping machines have also changed from Sundials, Hourglass to the clock.
Now a day some people celebrate birthdays, anniversaries as per Gregorian calendar but before people used to celebrate birthdate as per Indian Date (Tithi). Hindu Festivals are always celebrated as per Hindu calendar (aka Panchangams). The rules for celebrating festivals are unique to each festivals. Unlike Gregorian calendar, Hindu Panchangams depends on various factors like a) Distance between the Sun and the moon (Each 12 degree distance is called Tithi, the sun is calculated by calculating position of the earth around sun and adding 180 degrees), Local sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and sometimes positions of moon around the earth in specific divisions called Nakshatra (The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is divided into 27 equal parts making each part 800 minutes or 13 degrees and 20 minutes). These information is calculated by Panchangams and information appear inside every local Panchangams in every language.
Now-a-days English has become the primary medium of communication is modern India. Unfortunately, many of our Indian literature is still in language that they are written. This is true even for the Indian Almanac, the Panchangams which we use in everyday life. There are not many Panchangams that are printed in English. There are some available online, that too which are incomplete in many aspects, even if they give information they don’t have a siddhanti backing up their data or they don’t have every information. Apart from that, most over the counter printed Panchangams are available in vernacular languages which have terms explained in local languages. Moreover the new generation are not well versed in the local languages, some of them are but not all.
Due to the lack of properly printed Panchangams in English, we as well as our younger generation have started to forget the wealth and importance of panchangam. We need to train our younger generation to learn about your rich heritage. Apart from using the panchangam for determining the auspicious time to start an event, it gives them an understanding of astronomy, how the planets move, retrogression of planets, the concept of the Lagna – Ascendant (The rising sign on the eastern horizon on the ecliptic), apparent movement of the Sun reaches its highest or lowest excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere (Uttarayana and Dakshinayana -- Solstice), the combustion of planets (Astha), and how the seasons change because of the earth’s tilt (Solstice and Equinox).
Panchangam helps the younger generation to appreciate the deep knowledge and science that is embedded in our ancient culture and heritage and how our daily life was totally based on astronomy, which the younger generation is not aware of. This panchangam publication in English is not about the language preference, but an effort to make the panchangam more understandable and hence more reachable to our younger generation and general public.
Everyone wants to live happy life. Happiness is a relative state of mind as a result of various baselines established by us in our mind. This is where selection of auspicious time (Muhurtha) comes into picture. Younger generations is also not aware about proper selection of auspicious time. This publication will help to understand the importance of auspicious time (Muhurtha), to know when to observe which festival and understand the scientific aspect of Hindu panchangam.
I am indebted to all of my gurus. First my grandfather Pundit Maganlal Devshankar Shastri, then Pundit Tulajashankar Dhirajram Shastri, Pundit Amritlal Trikamji Acharya, Pundit Chhelshankar, Pundit Narmadashankar Shukla have merged into infinite – The great consciousness. Rigveda says ‘ekam satya vipra bahudha vadanti’.The truth is one and it fills all quarters – above, below, left, right and around – The great consciousness that animates our biological bodies. Although they have merged with infinite, they are still with me as my biological body is animated by the same great consciousness and guiding me from time to time. My uncle Pundit Narayandas Revashankar Upadhyay continues to guide me even today. There are many gurus I met on my way I’m indebted to all of them. I am indebted to my parents their blessings helped me learn complex panchanga siddhanta even today.
Pundit Mahesh Shastri Seattle, WA USA
How to read this panchang • This panchangam is calculated using Mumbai, India,
Maharastra’s Longitude and Latitude, with daylight saving times adjusted.
• All planetary positions are Geocentric using Drigganitha using high precise NASA’s JPL data.
• Top Row indicated, Chandra Masa name (Amavasyant Name), English month and year and Tamil month names.
• Panchangam columns appear in following order. o English Date. o Vaar – Day – Sunday, Monday etc o Sunrise. o Sunset. o Moon rise. o Tithi and its endtime. Here tithi are numbered. 1 –
Prathama, 2 Dvitiya, 15 – Purnima, 30 Amavasya o Nakshatra and its end time. o Yoga and its end time. o Karana name and its end times.
▪ When one tithi, nakshatra, yoga, or karana ends next starts right away. When the time is greater than 24 it means it ends past midnight in such case subtract 24 hours from the time. This is because a Hindu day doesn’t end at the midnight. It is always from one sunrise to another.
o Description. Includes Tithi Nirnayam, Festival information, etc along with Rahukala, Yamaganda, Durmuhurtha and Varjyam timings are part of the description. These are inauspicious timings and should be avoided during the day. But remember final verdict is always Lagna shuddhi
• Acronyms used in the Description column o Sun: Sun’s time to enter rashi o Moon: Moon’s time to enter rashi o TY: Amritadi yogas used in a tamil panchangam o RK: Rahu Kalam o YM: Yamagandam o DM: Durmuhurtham o V: Varjyam
• RK, YM, DM, and V: are inauspicious and needs to be avoided in good muhurtha. But if you have a lagna shuddhi then it will override this timings. Please consult your astrologer for more clarifications or better muhurtha.
Kshya/Vriddhi Tithi: Normallly during the day there will be two tithis as tithis don’t end everyday at midnight around 0:0 hours. Tithis are simply a 12 degree distance between the Sun and the Moon. Hence they can end at any time during the day. This means every day there will be two thithis in a normal case. A length of tithi can be anything from 19 hours to 26 hours. Which means each day there can be one entire tithi running the entire day (Vriddhi Tithi). When a tithi is short say 19 hours then most likely there will be 3 tithis in the entire day (Kshya tithi). These both needs to be avoided for muhurtha.
About Panchanga Panchanga Panch means Five, Anga means Elements. Five Elements makes panchanga. They are Vaar, Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana. Hindu Panchangam is a lunisolar calendar. Vaars There are 7 vaars or Day. Unlike English Date they begin with the Sunrise and Ends at the next Sunrise. They are Sunday, Monday, Tusday, Wednesday, Thursdaay, Friday and Saturday. Out of these Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays are considered auspicious for any occasion. Usually Sunday and Tuesday are not good for Graha Pravesha but due to weekend people prefer Sundays a lot.
Chandramana Months There are 12 months in chandramana starting from Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyestha, Ashadha, Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwayuja (Ashwin), Karthika, Margasira, Pushya (Paush), Magh, Phalguna. Each month have two halves (paksha) Shukla (Waxing moon) and Krishna (Wanning moon). There are two schools on how month start and end. North Indian School: Months start with Krishna Paksha and ends with Purnima. This school is knows as Purnimant Panchangam. South Indian School (Gujarat, Maharastra, Andra Pradesh, and Karnataka): Months begin with Shukla Paksha and ends with Krishna Paksha Amavasya. This school is known as Amavasyant Paksha.
Solar Months States like Punjab, Orrisa, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Bengal, Assam uses solar months. These starts from the day when the nirayana sun enters a new rashi. There are 12 rashis and hence there are 12 months. Each of them have unique names and different rules on how to know when month start depending on what time of the day sun enters new rashi. The names of months depends from place to place – Punjab, Orissa, Bengal, Assam, Kerala, & Tamilnadu.
Tithi Tithi means a date. Like English month Hindu Months also have a date but a month is divided into two parts. Waxing moon (Shukla Paksha) and Wanning Moon (Krishna Paksha). Hence there are 15 dates in a Shukla Paksha and 15 dates in a Krishna Paksha. They both begin with Prathama or Pratipada and continue till Chaturdashi (14th tithi). After that a Shukla paksha date (15) will end with a Poornima and a Krishna Paksha Date (30) ends with Amavasya. Usually Krishna Paksha 13th – Trayodashi, 14th – Chaturdashi and 30th – Amavasya are avoided for any auspicious occasion. Please note Diwali festival comes on Amavasya. Tithis are divided into various groups commonly known as nandadi group. The Rikta tithis group (4th – Chaturthi, 9th Navami and 14th Chaturdashi) should be also avoided for any auspicious occasion. Tithis are 1 – Prathama, 2—Diwitya, 3 – Tritiya, 4 – Chaturthi, 5 – Panchami, 6 – Shasthi, 7 – Saptami, 8 – Asthami, 9 – Navami, 10 – Dashami, 11 – Ekadashi, 12 – Dvaadashi, 13 – Trayodashi, 14 – Chaturdashi – 15 – Poornima and 30 – Amavasya.
Nakshatra There are 27 Nakshatras or Constellation. When you look from the earth it appears that the Sun is moving around the Earth, that apparent path of the Sun in Astronomy is called the Ecliptic. The entire Ecliptic is divided into 27 equal parts. Each part becomes of 800 kalas or 13 degrees and 20 kalas and is called as a nakshatra. Every planet in the heavens appears to be moving aound earth on the ecliptic with in 10 degree band on either side. Hence each planet have a nakshatra. When someone asks what is your star – nakshatra? They want to know at the time of your birth where moon was positioned on the ecliptic in terms of nakshatra. When you hear today’s nakshatra is svati. It means today moon is transiting over svati region on the ecliptic. For auspicious muhurtha we need to avoid the day when the moon is transiting through nakshatras occupied by other malefic Graha (heavenly bodies – or vagely planets) such as Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. In most part of India when the baby is born she is named based on the nakshatra occupied by moon. Each nakshatra duration (The time moon stays in a nakshatra) is divided into 4 parts. Each part is called the Padam and the baby’s birth time is determined which padam or charana it falls. Each padam or charana of nakshatra has a specific letter assigned to it. The baby is named from that letter. The table is given in this panchang. Nakshatra names are: 1. Ashwini, 2. Bharani, 3. Krittika, 4. Rohini, 5. Mrigashira, 6. Ardra, 7. Punarvasu, 8. Pushya, 9. Ashlesha, 10. Magha, 11. Purva phalguni, 12. Uttara Phaguni, 13. Hasta, 14. Chitra, 15. Swati, 16. Vishakha, 17. Anuradha, 18. Jyeshtha, 19. Moola, 20.
Purvaashadha, 21. Uttarashadha, 22. Sravana, 23. Dhanistha, 24. Shatabhisha, 25. Purva bhadrapada, 26. Uttara bhadrapada, 27. Revati. Yoga Yoga in Sanskrit means addition. The degrees of the Sun and the Moon around the ecliptic are added and then divided by 360, and the reminder is yoga. They represent auspicious and inauspicious combination. Please avoid Vyatipata, Vaidriti, Parigha, Vishkumbha, Vajra, Shoola, Atiganda, Vyaghata for auspicious muhurtha. The names of Yoga are: Vishkambha, Preethi, Aayushman, Soubhagya, Shobhana, Athiganda, Sukarman, Dhruthi, Shoola, Ganda, Vruddhi, Dhruva, Vyaghatha, Harshana, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyathipatha, Variyan, Parigha, Shiva, Siddha, Sadhya, Shubha, Shukla, Brahma, Aindra, Vaidhruthi
Karana Karana means half tithi. Each Tithi is divided into two parts. Each part is called karana. There are 4 Fixed Karanas and 7 Movable (Chara) Karanas. Fixed Karanas are: Shakuni, Chatuspad, Naga, Kimstughna. Names of 7 Movable Karanas are: Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija, and Visthi (Also known as Bhadra). Visthi Karana has to be avoided in all muhurtha calculation.
Rashi When the Ecliptic is divided into 12 equal parts then each 30 degree part is called the Rashi or Zodiac. There names of 12 rashis are Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Karka, Simha, Kanya, Tula, Vrischika, Dhanush, Makara, Kumbha and Mina. In certain parts of India like Gujarat and North India the rashi in which the Moon appears to be transiting is also used for naming the baby along with the nakshatra.
Nirayana and Sayana Nirayana means without any ayana. The entire solar system is orbiting around the center of the Milkyway Galaxy. There are some fixed distant stars close to the center of the Milkyway Galaxy where we can see the Earth’s precession. This precession causes equinox (A point where celestial equator and ecliptic intersect) slide every year. For astronomical calculations Sayana calculations are used (without precession of equinoxes). For Hindu astrology purpose that precission of the equinox is subtracted (rate calculated from some epoch), giving us Nirayana rashis, longitudes of heavenly bodies. However for certain things we do need Sayana for visible ‘phenomena’ like Eclipse, Ayana, Moudhyami (Heliacle Rising and setting), Seasons (Rutus) and Retrogression.
Ayana The earth is not straight, its axis is tilted to 23.45 degrees. If you extend the Earth’s equator to heavens it is called as a celestial equator. The ecliptic is inclined at 23.45 degrees to the celestial equator. The apparent path of the sun is hence inclined at 23.45 degrees. Which means when we view the Sun from the Earth it ‘appears’ the Sun is moving up and down in latitude. Hence we have seaons. When the Sun faces the northern part of the celestial equator the countries north of the equaltor gets summer and when the Sun is below the celestial equator the countries above the equator gets winter. This apperant path of the sun moving up and down on the equator upto 23.45 degrees north and south is called Ayana. When the Sun appears to be moving up is called Uttarayana and when the Sun appears to be moving down is called dakshinayana. Ayana is visible Phenomena and hence Nirayana longitudes cannot be used. It’s unfortunate that still many people use nirayana longitude to calculate uttarayana and dakshinayana. Likewise same for Seasons (Rutus). Seasons – Rutus are visible phenomena. The summer will always come in summer like wise winter (until another polar shifts happen).
Table for Naming child using Nakshatra 1 Aswini Chu, Che, Cho, La, चु, चे, चो, ला 2 Bharani Lee, Lu, Le, Lo ली, लू, ले, लो 3 Krithika A, E, U, Ea अ, ई, उ, ए 4 Rohini O, Va, Vi, Vu ओ, वा, वी, वु 5 Mrigashiras We Wo, Ka, Ki वे, वो, का, की 6 Aardha/ Ku, Gha, Ing, chh कु, घ, ङ, छ 7 Punarvasu Ke, Ko, Ha, Hi के, को, हा, ही 8 Pushyami Hu, He, Ho, Da हु, ह,े हो, डा 9 Ashlesha De, Du, De, Do डी, डू, डे, डो 10 Magha/Makha Ma, Me, Mu, Me मा, मी, मू, मे 11 P.Phalguni Mo, Ta, Ti, Tu मो, टा, टी, टू 12 U.Phalguni To, Pa, Pe, Pu टो, पा, पी, पू 13 Hastha Pu, Sha, Na, Tha पू, ष, ण, ठ 14 Chitra Pe, Po, Ra, Re पे, पो, रा, री 15 Swaathi Ru, Re, Ro, Taa रू, रे, रो, ता 16 Vishaakha Ti, TU, Tea To ती, तू, ते, तो 17 Anuraadha Na, Ne, Nu, Ne ना, नी, नू, ने 18 Jyeshta No, Ya Yi, Yu नो, या, यी, यू 19 Moola Ye, Yo, Ba, Be ये, यो, भा, भी 20 P.Shada Bhu, Dha, pha Dha भू, धा, फा, ढा 21 U.Shada Bhe, Bho, Ja, Ji भे, भो, जा, जी 22 Shraavan Ju/khi, Je/khu, Jo/khe, Gha/kho खी, खू, खे, खो 23 Dhanishta Ga, Gi, Gu, Ge गा, गी, गु, ग े24 Shathabhisha Go, Sa, Si, Su गो, सा, सी, सू 25 P.Bhadra Se, So, Da, Di से, सो, दा, दी 26 U.Bhadra Du, tha, Jha, Da द,ू थ, झ, ञ 27 Revathi De, Do, Cha, Chi दे, दो, च, ची
Table for Naming a Child from Rashi
Mesa A, L, E (अ, ल, ई)
Vrishabha Ba, Va, U (ब, व, ऊ)
Mithuna Ka, Gha (क, छ, घ)
Karka Da, Ha (ड, ह)
Simha Ma, Ta (म, ट)
Kanya Pa, Tha(प, ठ, ण )
Tula Ra, ta (र, त)
Vrischika na, ya (न, य)
Dhanu bha, dha, pha, dha, (भ, ध, फ, ढ)
Makar kha, ja (ख, ज)
Kumbha ga, sa, sha, Sh (ग, स, श, ष)
Mina da, cha, tha, jha (द, च, थ, झ)
Muhurthas Janana Shanti (Shanti for the Child Birth during inauspicious Time) Find out Child’s birth nakshatra, Tithi and Yoga. These can be found from the panchanga. Following requires shanti:
• Krishna Paksha’s 14 (Chaturdashi), 30 (Amavasya) tithi. • Nakshatra: Ashlesha, Jyestha, Mula. Anytime born during
these Nakshatras • Nakshatra Charan: Divide the entire duration of the nakshatra
and divide by 4. Each part gives nakshatra charana. Now determine if the birth was in following charana (or Padam) then it requires Shanti.
o Chitra’s 1 and 2nd Padam o Pushya’s 2 and 3rd Padam o Uttara 1st padam o Purvashadha 3rd Padam o Magha 1st Padam o Vishabha 4th Padam o Revati’s last 2 ghatika (or 48 minutes roughly. To
calculate extact time, Sunset-sunrise (if the birth in the day otherwise nextday sunrise – today’s sunset) and divide by 15. The reminder time you can subtract from end time of Revati nakshatra mentioned in the panchangam if the birth time falls during that time it requires shanti).
o Ashwini Nakshatra’s first 2 ghatika (calculate same way as above).
• Yoga: Vaidriti and Vyatipata • Karana:: Bhadra or Visthi Karana • Born during Visha Ghatika (Varjyam mentioned in this
panchangam). • Born during sankramana day (when sun changes the sign) • Born during eclipse • Same nakshatra as of father and mother or brother/sisters • Tithi Gandata • Nakshatra Gandata • Lagna Gandata
Tips for selecting a date for a child birth. 1. Avoid day having same nakshatra as of prospective parents and
padam), 1st padam of U. Phalguni, first half of Chitra Nakshatra. Vishakha (4th padam), Jyestha, Moola, 3rd padam of P. Aashada, Ashwini (first 48 minutes), Revati (last 48 minutes).
8. Surya Sankramana Punya Kaala. 9. Avoid if possible days of Guru Shukra Astha (Modhyami) 10. Avoid if possible days of Graha Yuddha 11. Avoid if possible days of afflictions of major benefics. 12. After selecting a day iterate through Lagnas and Navamansha to
establish: a. Strong and fortified lagna b. Strong 8th house for longer life c. Benefics in Kendra and Trikona d. Malefics in 3,6, and 11th house.
Sade Teen Muhurtha
1) Gudu Padwa or Yugadi (Chaitra Shukla Pratipada) 2) Akshaya Tritiya 3) Vijaya Dashami 4) Half day of Kartika Shukla prathama (or Bali pratipada,
Gujarati New Year). These days are treated for doing good ceremonies but not for all, please consult your astrologer for such details
Tips for Panchanga Shuddhi
For Any muhurtha you’ll require a day which has a panchanga shuddhi. Please rememeber the ultimate decision maker is shadvarga bala yukta Lagna shuddhi. Strong Lagna shuddhi gets 1000 points in muhurtha. Most people ignore lagna shuddhi. But it is also important to find the good date before we dive into lagna shuddhi. To find the right date you’ll need to avoid: • Avoid a Kshya or vriddhi Tithi • Avoid Kshya or Vriddhi Nakshatra • Avoid Masa Shoonya Tithi • Avoid Masa Shoonya Nakshatra • Avoid Amavasyant Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha – Shraddha Paksha • Avoid Dhanurmasa • Avoid Kshya Masa or Adhika Masa • Avoid Rikta Tithis (4-9-14) and Amavasya. • Avoid Days of Eclipse, Note down nakshatra of eclipse avoid that
nakshatra for 3 months if total eclipse for partial eclipse avoid for 1.5 months.
• Avoid Kranti Samya Dosha (Maha paat). When the declinations of the Sun and the Moon are same its called Mahapaat.
• Avoid Ashadha masa. Some people just avoid Ashadha Krishna paksha. • Check Tarabalam in Krishna paksha (From Krishna 5th to Shukla 4th)
Otherwise check Chandra bala.
Points for Good Muhurtha • Good Tithi 1 point • Good Nakshatra 4 point • Good Vaara 8 points • Good Karana 16 points • Good Yoga 32 points • Good Tarabalam 64 points (Only during Krishna Paksha) • Good Chandra Balam 100 Points • Good Shadvarga Bala Yukta Lagna Shuddhi Muhurtha – 1000 points • Lagna Shuddhi : Make sure Lagna Lord is strong and no planets in
lagna and 8th house. For desired karma that house is empty. Eg. for Graha Pravesha make sure its 4th House, Wedding 7th house. Etc..Guru is Ok. Also Benefics in Kendra Trikona and Malefics in 3, 6 and 11th houses. Avoid malefics aspects on significators.
Basic Muhurtha Tips Panchaka Rahita Vidhi for Muhurtha Important ceremonies such as marriage, nuptials, entry into new houses, etc., this should be carefully looked into. There are several methods by which panchaka are determined. The most common method is to add following and divide by the number 9.
• The number of the lunar day (from the 1st of the month). For Krishna paksha add 15 to the tithi. For example, Krishna paksha prathama to be 16, and amavaysa to be 30. You can find the tithi in our panchangam. The time after tithi is the time when the tithi ends.
• The number of the weekday, Sunday 1, Monday 2, Tuesday 3. etc.). You can find the day in our panchangam. It's the top most header of the column. For the night time Muhurtha please don't change the day. Indian day is from one sunrise to another sunrise.
• The number of the constellation (from Aswini 1, Bharani 2, etc..). You can find the Nakshatra in our panchangam. The time after the Nakshatra is the time when the Nakshatra ends.
• The number of the Lagna (from Aries/Mesha 1, Taurus/Vrishabha 2, etc...). You can find the lagna from our lagna table for your city. This can be found by logging into www.mypanchang.com or www.mypanchang.com/astrology and click on vedic kundli, and enter details.
• Now add these together and divide the total by 9. If the remainder is 1,2,4,6, or 8 then it indicate bad results as follows: ➢ 1 (mrityu panchakam), it indicates danger. ➢ 2 (Agni panchakam), risk from fire. ➢ 4 (raja panchakam), bad results. ➢ 6 (chora panchakam), evil happenings. ➢ 8 (roga panchakam), disease.
If the remainder is 3, 5, 7 or zero then it is good. Example: Let's consider Tithi: Krishna Paksha Dwitiya (15+2=17), Saturday (7), Moola/Mula Nakshatra (19), and Kumbha (11) lagna. Let's add these together. This gives us total of 54. Now divide this total of 54 by 9 giving us the reminder of zero hence it is good. For Gruha Pravesham 4th and 8th house should be empty
✓ Please avoid Vishti (Bhadra) Karana. Bhadra Vaasa on earth is bad avoid that. When ratri bhadra appears in a day or day bhadra appears in a night it is good. If bhadra resides in patala or heavens then it is good.
✓ Avoid durmuhurta, yama gandam, rahu kalam and varjyam.
For Gruha Pravesham, ✓ Check Agni vasa (place of fire). It should be on earth. ✓ Avoid Sunday, and Tuesday. ✓ Avoid Shukla paksha's 1-4-9-14, and Krishna Paksha's 4-9-13-14-
Amavasya. Rest thithis are good for Gruha Pravesham. Avoid Kshaya and Vriddhi thithi.
✓ Good Nakshatras for Gruha Pravesham: Rohini, Mrigashira, Pushya, U. Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Bhadra, Shravana, Dhanista, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadra pada, Revati.
✓ For Gruha Pravesha we have to also see the Kumbha Chakra. ✓ Kumbha Chakra in – South, West, Throat, Bottom are good ✓ Kumbha Chakra in – East, North, Mouth, Womb are bad. ✓
Wedding & Gruha Pravesham Muhurtha see the following also: ✓ Avoid Mesha lagna. ✓ Select a fertile lagna. ✓ for weddings no planets should be in 7th or 8th house ✓ No bad aspects on those houses and fortified by good planetary
aspects. ✓ Guru / Shukra are good planets and they can occupy those
houses. No other can ✓ Avoid sun and or mars in 7th rashi from the bride's rashi. ✓ When guru is in Kendra or trikona it removes 10000 doshas and
Shukra removes hundreds of doshas. ✓ Check for Tara balam. Tara balam: To find a day is suitable for
your Muhurtha Tara balam is required. Count from your birth Nakshatra to Nakshatra of the Muhurtha day you are seeking. Please avoid 1-3-5-7-10-12-14-16-19-21-23-25 Nakshatra counting from your birth Nakshatra. For example: If your birth Nakshatra is Swati, and today's Nakshatra is Aswini, now counting from Swati to Aswini it gives us the count of 14th Which is not a good tara balam. Hence till Aswini Nakshatra prevails that time is bad.
✓ Check for Chandra balam. Chandra Balam is important in weddings, and other rituals. Tara balam is more subtle. Counting from your moon rashi (Hindu rashi) to the day's Chandra rashi if the count is 1,3,6,7,10,11 then day will be good for you. Shukla Paksha 2,5,9 are good and in Krishna Paksha 4, 8, 12 are good.
✓ Check for panchaka balam. ✓
Muhurtha for Signing Documents For the home: 1. Nakshatra – Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashira, Pushya, U. Phalguni, U.Aashada, U. Bhadrapada, Hasta, Chitra, Anuradha, Revati. 2. Avoid 4-9-14 and Amavasya and Shukla Paksha Prathama. 3. Guru, Shukra, Budha days are good for signing documents. 4. Avoid Adhika Maasa, Ghata Chandra () 5. Avoid Guru Shukra Astha. 6. Avoid Sun in the 8th from the birth moon’s Rashi. 7. Lagna: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11 are good. 8. Malefics should not be in Lagna. 9. Look for good Chandra balam and Taara Balam.
Muhurtha for Starting a New Job: 1. Nakshatra – Rohini, U. Phalguni, U. Aashada, U. Bhadrapada, Dhanista, Shatabhisha, Revati, Ashwini Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Chitra, Anuradha, Abhijit 2. Sun/Mars in Lagna, 10th or 11th house. 3. Good Days –Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 4. Basic rules apply for Panchangam Shuddhi.
Muhurtha for starting a new retail shop: 1. Any day except Tuesday is good. 2. Nakshatra – Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashira, Pushya, Hasta, Chitra, Anuradha, Revati & all three Uttara s. 3. Shubha lagna – Avoid Kumbha Lagna. Benefic planet in Lagna & no Malefic in 8th and 12th.
To Start New Trade/Registration/ Business. 1. Tithi – Avoid rikta thithis. Avoid Shukla Prathama and Kr. 13, 14 and Amavasya 2. Good Days – Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 3. Nakshatra - Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, U. Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Anuradha, U. Aashada, Shravana, Dhanista, U. Bhadrapada, Revati. 4. Look for good Chandra balam/Tara Balam.
Good Muhurtha to buy good for trading: 1. Nakshatra- Ashwini, Chitra, Swati, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Revati. 2. Standard rules for tithi, yoga, vaara, Karana applies.
Muhurtha to release new product into the market: 1. Nakshatra – Bharani, Kritika, Aashlesha, P. Phalguni., Vishakha, P. Aashada, P. Bhadrapada. 2. Standard rules for tithi, yoga, vaara, Karana applies
Muhurtha to Buy a New Vehicle: • Good Tithi for Buying a New Vehicle: 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15.
Avoid Amavasya. • Good Nakshatras for Buying a New Vehicle: Ashwini, Rohini,
Punarvasu, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Bhadra, Shravana, U.Bhadra, Revati in the Shubha lagna (Ascendant) of Mithuna, Karka, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika, Dhanu, and Mina lagna.
• 4th and 8th houses in muhurtha kundli should be clean.
Tarabalam Table How to Check the day is favourable using Tara balam
• First find out your janma nakshatra. You can check your Janmakundli or you don’t have one and, If you know your Birth Date, Birth Time and Birth place then visit www.mypanchang.com/astrology/vedic.php and enter your birthdate, time of birth and place of birth.
• Then from this panchang note down today’s nakshatra it denotes it’s ending time. Now from the horizontal rows find your janma-nakshatra and look for daily nakshatra in the top row, whre they intersect it’s your tarabalam for that day. When the result is 2,4,6,8 or 9 they are good, avoid if its 1,3,5,7.
Calculating Chandra Balam using above table Count from the Birth rashi (The date and time, and place where you are born, at that time the rashi of your moon – Chandra is called birth rashi and nakshatra of Chandra is called Janma Nakshatra. To find out your rashi and nakshatra visit mypanchang.com/astrology and then click on the Vedic kundli, fillout your details and click submit) to the current’s time Chandra (mentioned in this panchanga), look them into this table and get the number. When the numbers are 1,3,6,7,10 and 11 then its good otherwise its bad. In Shukla paksha 2, 5, and 9th positions are good and in the Krishna Paksha 4,8, and 12 positions are good. When Chandra bala is bad the parihar is Chandra graha pooja, mantra japa, and donation of rise. Shukla paksha give importance to Chandra balam and in the Krishna Paksha give importance to Tara balam.
Guru Balam For Vivaha (Marriage) and Upanayana (Janeu) muhurtha, Guru balam is given importance. In marriages Kanya’s guru balam needs to be seen. Count from her Janma rashi (Rashi of the birth moon) to the date and time when the ceremony is to be done that time’s rashi of the guru. If the count is 2,6,7,9 or 11 then it is auspicious. If the count is 1,3,6, or 10 then Guru puja, shanti, guru mantra japa needs to be done before marriage. If the count is 4,8, and 12 then its bad. One needs to peform 3 times puja, shanti or mantra japa for such positions.
Sri Gokulnathji Vachanamrita or Muhurtha Table for Travel
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Financial Gain Happiness Sorrow Happiness Happiness Agony Fear Material Gain
9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Financial Gain Luck Friends Gain Friends Gain Happiness Gain Fullfillment Trouble
10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gain Desired Result Death Wellness Agony Trouble Material Gain Financial Gain
11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Death Financial Gain Wellnesss Death Death Gain Gain --
12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Death Happiness Happiness Happiness -- Happiness Death Trouble
Notes: Numbers under each months are tithis. 1 indicates Prathama and 12 indicates dvadashi. For Trayodashi (13), Chaturdashi (14) and Purnima (15) please use 3, 4th and 5th respectively. Travels are not advised on Amavasya (30) hence not mentioned here. Next Columns are Prahara. Each day and nights are divided into 4 equal parts. The Day is treated as from one sunrise to sunset. Hence for Day travel Subtract Sunset from Sunrise time, giving you dinamana. Divide this dinamana by 4 giving you duration of each Prahara. Calculate this prahara from Sunrise by adding the duration of prahara we just calculated. For night time, calculate ratrimana by subtracting sunset from the next day sunrise and then divide by 4 giving duration of each prahara during the night time. Add this to sunset and go on calculating prahara for night. Then comes direction in which you are travelling. Night time Prahara Calculation Example:
• For example next day sunrise is 6:24 (decimal 30.4) and previous day sunset is 17:50 (Decimal 17.8333333333).
• Convert time into Decimals for easy calculations. To get time in decimal divide minutes by 60 and add this to hours. For next day sunrise add 24 hours to the hours.
• Subtract nextday surise from sunset. This means ratrimana is 12.56666666666667.
• Divide this by 4, giving us duration of each prahara as 3.141666666666667 which means 3 hours 8 minutes and 50 seconds for each prahara.
• Add this to the previous day sunset. Now we want to travel at 9 PM. This means our prahara is going to be 2nd Prahara.
• For example if you would be travelling on Pushya Ekadashi (11) in the 2nd prahara to India (which is East from Seattle), which brings Financial Gain (2nd Prahara Result) and Death (East), which means both results can be experienced. Death means near death experience here. Need to be careful about accidents, swimming etc. Where there is a ‘-‘ means zero result.
The day time prahara calculation is very simple. This table doesn’t require use of other doshas like Chandra dosha, Disha shola, Yogini, Ghata Vaara etc. This is told by Swami Gorakhanath to Swami Matsyendranath.
Biggest misconception is “Indian Hindu festivals observance date in the Indian calendar / panchang is applicable for all location in world”. We use our favorite Panchangam from India to find an observance date for an Indian festival. In reality observance dates from Indian Panchangam is valid only in India and is not transferrable to other locations. If the earth is flat we can use Indian calendar everywhere in the world. Due to the time zones/differences there is another misconception that as USA/Canada and Europe is behind in time then Festival will come a day later in USA/Canada and Europe. This is incorrect. If Seattle/Vancouver/California is 13 hours 30 minutes behind Indian Standard Time and say an event is happening in India at 8 AM then will it be the previous day in USA/Canada. You’ll subtract 13 hours 30 minutes from 8 AM. Which gives 6 hours 30 PM the previous day in USA/Canada Pacific Time Zone.
Tithis, Nakshatras, Yoga and Karana are such events, as they end at the same instance all over the world. After calculating tithi and nakshatra endtimes per local timezone, the rules used to determine festivals. The local factors like like Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, and Moonset are used along with Tithi to determine festivals. Hence, sometimes festivals may appear on the same day as India or a day before in the countries west of India. The countries east of India the festival may appear on the same date as India or a day later.
Hindu day changes at the sunrise (not midnight), a Hindu day (Vaar) is from one sunrise to another. The Hindu date or tithi doesn't change at
the midnight, and it is not always fixed 24 hours
long it can be anything between 19 to 26 hours. Each 12 degrees distance
between the Sun and the Moon is Tithi.
It can change anytime during the day. If a tithi
ends today at 11:02 PM it doesn't mean that next tithi will end tomorrow at the same time. It can end at 6 PM, 6:09 PM or 8:27 PM. Panchangam contains two types of calculations: Local coordinates like longitude and latitude: Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset depends on this set. The Geocentric astronomical positions for the Sun and the Moon. The tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are based on this set of calculations. This astronomical phenomenon happens instantly at the same moment on the earth everywhere, and hence thithis, nakshatra will begin and end at the same time / instance all over the world and we must convert them to our standard time. Indian panchang makers convert this ending times to Indian time. Likewise, we need to covert it to our time zone for America/Canada or other country for that matter.
For example: October 17th 2008 the Ashwayuja (Ashwin) Krishna Paksha / Poornimant Kartik Krishna paksha tithi Tritiya ends at 4:39:21 PM Indian Standard Time, and chturthi starts. That means at 4:39 PM there is tritiya still prevailing in India. Now on October 17th 2008 in Seattle, WA at the 4:39 PM we won't have tritiya at that time. We already have chaturthi started because Planets keep on moving. 13 hours have passed and the position of sun and moon have changed. So what time Tritiya will end in Seattle? The time difference is 13 hours 30 minutes (with one our
day light saving time it gives the difference of 12 hours 30 minutes from IST). So, let's subtract 12 hours 30 minutes from the 4:39:21 PM. That gives us 04:09:21 AM on October 17th. So on October 17th after that time we'll have chaturthi tithi and before we have tritiya. The same way if tithi ends at 8:39 AM on Sept 12 in India it will end at 08:09 PM on Sept 11th in Seattle. The same way Western Australia is 8 hours ahead of GMT and hence the chaturthi will end there at 12:09 PM on Sept 12th. The arth keeps moving. It doesn't wait for tithi or festivals to arrive in your timezone. The sun doesn't rise instantly at the same time all over the world Hence we need to convert the panchanga times to local standard time. After knowing tithi ending times, it's a time to decide festival dates for each region. How festivals are determined? The sankathara chaturthi the chaturthi tithi must be prevailing during the moonrise time. Sankathara Chaturthi/Karwa Chauth is celebrated when Chaturthi prevails during moon rise time Moonrise in New Delhi on a given date is at 7:36 PM and in West Bengal, Kolkatta is at 7:25 PM. Now tritiya ends at 07:32 PM IST. So Kolkatta will celebrate karwa chauth/sankathara chaturthi on the next day where as people in New Delhi will celebrate on the same day.
Timings in this calendar are end timings of the Tithi and Nakshatra. Times are AM/PM, when it ends past midnight, before next day sunrise “Next Day” and the end time mentioned. If it ends past next day Sunrise then only “Next Day” is mentioned.
Uttarayana/Dakshinayana: The season occur based on earth’s position around the Sun. This is due to Earth’s tilt of 23.45 degrees. The Earth orbits around Sun with this tilt. When the tilt is facing the Sun, we get summer and when the tilt is away from the Sun we get winter. This tilt it creates a phenomenon like the Sun travels north
and south of the equator. The Uttarayana (Winter Solstice) is the Sun appearing to move north. The Dakshinayana (Summer Solstice) is the Sun appearing to move towards South. This causes seasons, equinoxes and solstices. There is a common misconception that Makara Samkranti is the Uttarayana. This is because at one point in time Sayana and Nirayana Zodiac were same. Every year equinoxes slides by 50 seconds due to precision of equinoxes, giving birth to Ayanamsha and causing Makara Samkranti to slide further. If you think Makara Samkranti is uttarayana then as it is sliding it will come in June after 9000 years. All Drigganitha Panchanga makers like mypanchang, Rastriya Panchang, Janmabhumi Panchang, will use the position of the tropical Sun to determine Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. Hence January 14th isn’t Uttarayana. Actual Uttarayana occurs on December 21st/22nd of every year. The same for Rutu. Rutus are always observed based on Tropical position of Sun.
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