Panchang for May 2017

Panchang is a spiritual and scientific and ancient Hindu (Indian) calendar which is derived from Vedic astrology. The Panchang measures time in lunar months. In selection of “ Muhuruta” and for all religious and social functions , lunar month is followed . Every month reveals secret path of stars and constellations and every day of each month is identified with planets and gods.

Every lunar month is divided into two equal halves of 15 days each, Dark half (Krishan Paksha ) and bright half ( Shukul Paksha) It is derived from two words - Panch (Five) and Ang (aspect). Panchang prescribes that each day is divided into five aspects - var or Day (the solar day), Tithi (lunar day), Nakshatra (constellation), Yoga (conjunction) and Karan (one half of lunar day).Tithi or 'lunar day' is a very important conception in Hindu astronomy. Every month reveals secret path of stars and constellations and each date is called a Tithi which is caused by the angle formed by the changing positions of the moon and sun in transit.

The day when Sun & moon are together in a sign at the same degree is called the 30th date which is also known as the ‘Amavasya’ or new moon and as moon advances beyond the sun , each difference of 12º away from the sun ,causes the formation of new Tithi. When the moon reaches 180º beyond the sun and is diametrically opposite to the latter, the date formed is called ‘Poornima’ or the full moon. In each of the two fortnights, of the month, dark half and bright half, the names of all the dates Tithis’ except the ending ‘Tithis are identical . Ending Tithis are Amavasya and Poornima for ‘ Krishan Paksha’ and ‘Shukla Paksha’ respectively.

The knowledge of tithi (date) brings prosperity, vara prolongs life. Nakshatras removes misdeeds, yoga gives immunity from diseases and karana & hora lead to success. Vedas, prescribe that a person can become free from all his misdeeds if he truly follows what is written in the Panchang.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.

Yoga is another component of the panchang after Tithi, var & nakshatra. It is the period during which the joint motion in longitude of the Sun and the Moon amounts to 13° 20'. There are twenty-seven Yogas.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.

To find the auspicious time to start anything new it considers the weekday of week (Vara), Tithi, Nakshatra (Star), Yoga of the day, Karana of the day, and the ending moments of all these to determine whether the day is Amrita, Siddha or Marana. Several benefic and malefic yogas are formed by the permutation and combination of different parts of Panchaga. While the good yogas enhance the strength of a ‘ Muhuruta’ , the bad yogas prove disastrous for the success of any activity.

How to read the panchang:

In the Panchang we have different columns showing its different parameters. First is the Date is date of the month and day is Vaar of the week like Sunday or Monday. Next is Tithi. Names of different tithis are shown below the table. In Indian Astrology, the calculation of the Tithis starts from Pratipada (The first day in each half of the lunar month) of the Shukla-Paksha Time specified in the next column is ending time of tithi. Next is Number & name of Nakshatra. The number and the time is specified in the column of time. Next is yoga number & name. The yoga period is also up to a certain time which is written in the time column. In the last column we have Names of Yoga.

Date

Day

Tithi

Nakshatra

Yoda

 

01

Mon

S

06

Shashti

22:32

06

Arudra

06:37

08

Dhriti

12:16

S/A

--

--

--

--

---

--

07

Punarvasu

29:16

--

---

--

--

02

Tues

 

07

Punarvasu

20:52

08

Pushya

28:33

09

Sula

19:51

S

03

Wed

 

08

Pushya

19:52

09

     Aslesha

28:29

10

Ganda

17:56

S

04

Thu

 

09

Aslesha

19:30

10

Makha

29:03

11

Vridhi

16:32

A

05

Fri

S

10

Dasami

19:45

11

P.Phalguni

--

12

Dhruva

15:38

S

06

Sat

--

11

Ekadasi

20:30

11

P.Phalguni

06:09

13

Vyagata

15:08

M

07

Sun

 

12

Dwadasi

21:43

12

U. Phalguni

07:45

14

Harsana

05:00

A/S

08

Mon

 

13

Triyodasi

23:16

13

Hasta

09:44

15

Vajra

15:01

S/M

09

Tues

 

14

Chaturdasi

25:07

14

Chitra

12:01

16

Siddhi

15:34

S

10

Wed

S

15

Purnima

27:13

15

Swati

14:34

17

Vyatipada

16:10

S

11

Thu

K

01

Pathami

29:28

16

Visakha

17:19

18

Variyan

16:55

S

12

Fri

-- 

02

Dwithiya

--

17

Anuradha

20:13

19

Parigha

17:48

S

13

Sat

 

02

Dwithiya

07:52

18

Jyeshta

23:11

20

Siva

18:44

S

14

Sun

 

03

Trithiya

10:18

19

Moola

26:08

21

Sudha

19:40

A/S

15

Mon

 

04

Chaturthi

12:39

20

P. Shada

28:56

22

Sadhya

20:31

M

16

Tues

 

05

Panchami

14:47

21

U.Shada

--

23

Shubha

21:10

M

17

Wed

 

06

Shashti

16:32

21

U.Shada

07:26

24

Sukla

21:26

A/S

18

Thu

 

07

Punarvasu

17:43

22

Sravana

09:26

25

Brahma

21:20

S

19

Fri

 

08

Pushya

18:11

23

Dhanishta

10:48

26

Indra

20:38

S

20

Sat

 

09

Aslesha

17:52

24

Satabisha

11:24

27

Vaidhriti

19:17

A/M

21

Sun

K

10

Dasami

16:42

25

P.Bhadra

11:11

01

Viskumba

17:16

S/A

22

Mon

 

11

Ekadasi

14:44

26

U.Bhadra

10:10

02

Priti

14:36

S

23

Tues

 

12

Dwadasi

12:03

27

Revati

08:24

03

Ayusman

11:21

S

24

Wed

 

13

Triyodasi

08:48

01

Aswini

06:07

04

Soubhagya

07:37

S

--

--

--

14

Chaturdasi

29:08

02

Bharani

27:14

05

Sobana

27:32

--

25

Thu

K

30

Amavasya

25:14

03

Kritika

24:11

06

Atiganda

32:14

M

26

Fri

S

01

Prathami

21:19

04

Rohini

21:04

07

Sukarma

18:54

M

27

Sat

 

02

Dwithiya

17:32

05

Mrigasira

18:07

08

Dhriti

14:40

S

28

Sun

 

03

Trithiya

14:05

06

Arudra

15:31

09

Sula

10:42

S

29

Mon

 

04

Chaturthi

11:07

07

Punarvasu

13:25

10

Ganda

07:07

A/S

--

--

--

--

---

--

--

---

--

11

Vridhi

28:03

--

30

Tues

 

05

Panchami

08:47

08

Pushya

11:57

12

Dhruva

25:33

S

31

Wed

--

06

Shashti

07:11

09

Aslesha

11:13

13

Vyagata

23:40

S

 

 

Note : 1. S-Suklapaksha, K-Krishnapaksha.
2. Timings given are ending moments (in IST) reckoned from Sunrise to Sunrise.
3. A=Amruta Yoga(Excellent); S-Siddha Yoga (Good); M=Marana Yoga (Bad)

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