Loading...
Loading...
Open the Panchang page and learn what every element means in plain language
Open the Panchang page on our app. You'll see five core elements — that's why it's called "Panch-Anga" (five limbs). Let's start with the first two.
Think of the Panchang as a cosmic weather app. Just as a weather app tells you "sunny, 25°C, UV index high — wear sunscreen," the Panchang tells you "Shukla Dashami, Hasta Nakshatra, Shubh Yoga — good day for new beginnings, avoid starting travel during Rahu Kaal." Millions of Indians check this EVERY morning, just like you check the weather.
Western calendars have just 4 Moon phases (new, first quarter, full, last quarter). The Vedic system has 30! Every 12° of Moon-Sun separation = 1 tithi. Shukla Paksha = waxing (Moon growing), Krishna Paksha = waning (Moon shrinking). Purnima = full moon, Amavasya = new moon.
Why 12°? Because the Moon gains about 12° on the Sun each day (Moon ~13.2°/day - Sun ~1°/day ≈ 12°/day). So roughly one new tithi per day — it's mathematics, not mysticism.
Each day is ruled by a planet. Ravivara = Sunday/Sun, Somavara = Monday/Moon, Mangalavara = Tuesday/Mars, Budhavara = Wednesday/Mercury, Guruvara = Thursday/Jupiter, Shukravara = Friday/Venus, Shanivara = Saturday/Saturn. The English names come from the same planets! Sun-day, Moon-day, etc.
Here's a mind-blowing connection: the English days of the week come from the SAME planetary system. Sunday = Sun-day (Ravivara). Monday = Moon-day (Somavara). Saturday = Saturn-day (Shanivara). Tuesday = Tiw's day (Norse Mars = Mangalavara). This isn't coincidence — the 7-day planetary week was transmitted from India through Babylon to Rome. You're already using Indian astronomy every time you say "Monday."
The 7-day week was invented independently in India and Babylon using the SAME planetary hora system. The order Sun→Moon→Mars→Mercury→Jupiter→Venus→Saturn comes from counting every 24th hora (planetary hour) — pure mathematics, not coincidence. Assign horas in the Chaldean order (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon), and every 24th hora gives the ruler of the next day.