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A panchangam is easy to read once someone explains what the numbers are. These guides do that: what each of the five limbs measures, where the daily kalams come from, why the same day carries two different month names in different parts of India, and how the whole thing is computed. They explain the mechanics and stop there, so you can check the working yourself.
Getting started
What is a Panchangam? The five limbs explained
Tithi, vaara, nakshatra, yoga and karana — what each of the five limbs actually measures, how they are calculated, and how to read a daily panchangam without needing anyone to interpret it for you.
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Why the panchangam day starts at sunrise, not midnight
The convention behind every tithi you read, why "today" in a panchangam is not the same as today on your phone, and what it means for fasting, birth times and pre-dawn practice.
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Muhurat and timings
Rahu Kalam: what it is, and how to actually use it
Where rahu kalam comes from, how the one-eighth-of-daylight division works, the day-wise table, what people avoid during it — and an honest account of why it is a convention rather than a prohibition.
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Abhijit muhurta, Choghadiya and Gowri Panchangam: the good windows
Three systems for finding the favourable hours of a day — the daily abhijit window, the north Indian choghadiya, and the Tamil gowri panchangam — how each is computed, and how they relate.
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How to choose an auspicious date: muhurta basics
Tithi, nakshatra and yoga shuddhi explained without mystification — what actually makes a date suitable for a wedding, a griha pravesh, a vehicle purchase or a namakaranam, and when to stop optimising.
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The calendar
Amanta and Purnimanta: why two panchangams disagree about the month
The single biggest cause of "your dates are wrong" in the Hindu calendar. Two conventions for where a lunar month begins, what the difference actually is, and how to tell which one your family follows.
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The Hindu lunar year: masas, ritus and the samvatsara cycle
Chaitra to Phalguna with their Telugu names, the six ritus, how the sixty-year samvatsara cycle works, and why an extra month has to be inserted every three years.
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