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Choghadhiu
Pran C. Arjan - Editor

There is always a need to look up the "Choghadhiu" when hosting a programme or when having a special function in the family like an engagement or wedding.

The Indian Calendar has details but one always has to find it and have someone interpret the results as the choghadhiu changes every 1.5 hours during the day and night!

 

To make life easier, we have uploaded a simple Choghadhiu Guide


The details of the Choghadhiu were taken from the Panchang. So what is a Panchang?

 

Panchang

Thousands of years before the birth of Christ, ancient Indian scholars devised a comprehensive calendar based on the studies of Veda and the movement of planetary bodies and stars. People of India have always measured time in a spiritual and scientific calendar called "Panchang. In five thousand years of Indian civilisation, the Panchang lists festivals, evokes universe through mathematical calculations that predict weather, events, epidemics and personal fortune.


Panchang means the five members, because it contains five leading subjects:

1. The age of the moon in the month;
2. The constellation near which the moon is situated on each particular day;
3. The day of the week;
4. The eclipses;
5. The positions of the planets.

This calendar covers everything from the phases of the moon, the positions of the stars and planets, and identifies auspicious time and day for various activities.

 

An important function of Panchang is to help calculate muhurat. Muhurat is a listing of auspicious days and times to undertake important activities in either personal life or business. Auspicious and inauspicious days are also indicated.


This information is an absolute necessity for every pandit or a hindu priest, since it tells him not only which are the auspicious constellations and auspicious or inauspicious days, but also which are the suitable hours in each day for it is only at these particular moments that the ceremonies is called on to preside can begin.

Starting any new venture on the appropriate tithi will fetch lots of wealth and prosperity for the person. Similarly, any deed done on the right day of the week will enhance the longevity, i.e the life span of the person.


Any deed done on a day with a good and beneficial star will alleviate the sins (ill effects because of ill deeds), will help all diseases to disappear.


Lastly, it will help the person to achieve the objective of the deed without any hurdles and impediments.

 

The Week – How it is identified with Gods

The Panchang lists four weeks of seven days, identified with planets and gods. They are:


1. Somvar (Monday) identified with moon and dedicated to Lord Shiva.
2. Mangalwar (Tuesday) identified with Mars and dedicated to Hanuman and Ganapati.
3. Budhwar (Wednesady) identified with Mercury and dedicated to Lord Krishna.
4. Guruvar (Thursday) identified with Jupiter and dedicated to Dattaguru and Lord Vishnu.
5. Shukravar (Friday) identified with Venus and dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi.
6. Shanivar (Saturday) identified with Saturn and dedicated to Hanuman.
7. Ravivar (Sunday) identifies with Sun and is dedicated to Surya.

Note: Information on Choghadia was taken from the Panchang. However this is to be used as general guide only. We recommend that to consult a reputable and a qualified astrologer (Jyotish)

 

HINDU PANCH'ANG

By Jyotikar Pattni, Vedic Consultant

 

Pancha'ang: astrology definition:

 

Five limbs comprise: VAAR[DINA] - day, TITHI event, NAKSHATTARA constellation, YOGG type of chaugadia/mahurut based on RASHI, finally the KARANA effect or cause on karma to the specific CHALIT and RASHI and NAVAMSHA chalit kundali.

 

Having given several conferences on this issue to Brahmins because they get so confused and frustrated with the panch'ang interpretations by the non-novice and those claiming to know it and which particular pancha'ang to follow as a result of the divisions created within the HINDU community.

 

Authetic pancha'ang comes from India and is based on INDIAN time, with 5.30 hours difference.

Any chaughadia converted to GMT will have to be viewed at the ephemeris astrology time of GMT - not indian time.

 

Generally, a day is divided into 8 parts of 1 hrs & 30 mins. each. The first part starting with the Sun Rise on that day and last part ending on Sun Set on that day approximately for the Day Times. Similarly, there are 8 parts starting with Sun Set of current day and ending till Sun Rise Next Day. There are 7 types/grades of time periods of which four are auspicious (Amrit, Subh, Labh, Chanchal) and three are inauspicious (Rog / Kal / Udwegh). Indian Astrologers suggest that works that are undertaken in the auspecious periods generally have a positive result and those doen is the inauspecious period have a negative result. However, the outcome is also dependent on several other factors. The Chogadia for today is as follows:

 

 

Day

06:03
07:32

07:33
09:02

09:03
10:32

10:33
12:02

12:03
13:32

13:33
15:02

15:03
16:32

16:33
18:02

Labh

Amrit

Kal

Subh

Rog

Udwegh

Chanchal

Labh

 

Night

18:03
19:32

19:33
21:02

21:03
22:32

22:33
00:02

00:03
01:32

01:33
03:02

03:03
04:32

04:33
06:02

Udwegh

Subh

Amrit

Chanchal

Rog

Kal

Labh

Udwegh

Current Local Date

Monday, October 01, 2007

Current Local Time

05h 30m 00s

City & Country

Chennai, India

TimeZone

+05:30:00

Latitude & Longitude

013N05 / 080E17

Indian Era

2064 Shak / Samvat 1929 / Kali 5108

Ayanamsa

22° 37'

Lunar Sign

Mithun

Lunar Year

Sarvajit

Lunar Month

Bhadrapada

Moon Period

Krsnapaksa

Tithi

Panchami ( 5 )

Balance Tithi Duration

36%

Nakshatra

Krttika

Solar Month

Kanya

Solar Day

14

Current Solar Month Start Date

Samkranti on 18 09 2007 at 01:49:00

Sunrise Time

06:02:00

Karana

Taitula

Yoga

Siddhi

Rahukalam

07:30 - 09:00

Yamakandam

10:30 - 12:00

 

PANCHANG FOR OCTOBER 2007: IST INDIAN TIME 5:30 HOURS

The Detailed Panchang shown below is a sample of what you get to see as a paid user under this module. It is based on Chennai, India at 05:30 hours in the morning on the first day in the current month of the current year.


 


Titi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana are the five elements of time called  panch-anga. These are based on the positions of Sun and Moon and are used to know the auspicious date and time (muhurtha) for any important undertaking like journey, buying, selling, marriage, puja, vrata, shraddhas, etc.


This Panchanga darshini gives you daily Panchanga i.e., Thiti (Lunar Day), vara (Week Day), Nakshatra (Moon's Constellation), Yoga (Sun-Moon Combination), Karana (Half of Thiti), along with Moon's current Position and Chaitra paksheeya (Lahiri) Ayanamsha for the day. It also gives your Chandra Bala, Ashtama Chandra, Ghata Vara, Rahukala, Gulika, Yamaganda, Vara Durmhurtha. It also gives the quality of Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Karana & Yoga. Hence you can know the suitability of a particular day and time.

 

For anywhere in India the time zone is 5:30. To see other time zones outside India