ancient seers

The ancient Indian Seers used their Divine Wisdom to check the moods of the Heavenly Bodies to elect the right time to do the important things and also to avoid the bad times. The elements of Panchangam, also called Panchanga and Panchang, deal with these right and wrong times.

In Sanskrit Panchangam = Pancha(five) + Angam(limbs). Tithi or lunar phase, Vara or weekday, Nakshatra or the star constellation in which Moon is placed, Yoga or the auspicious/inauspicious period prevalent and Karana which is a half phase of Tithi are the Pancha Angam – the five main elements to check the good or bad periods in a day to perform many types of important tasks.

Apart from these main five elements of time there are other good and bad times which are also important. Astrojyoti Panchangam is based on the authentic principles given in the ancient Gochara and Muhurta scriptures and definitely the most informative and accurate Panchangam available on the net and has many features not found elsewhere.

We have given here the basic information to understand Panchangam – the 5 main elements and the the other terms and data give in our Panchangam page. If you want to know all details about all the parameters of Panchangam to fix a Muhurta(an auspicious time) for marriage or travel or joining a job etc., see our full Muhurta guide at http://www.astrojyoti.com/NaksatraTithiYogaInfo.htm

The developers: The Panchanga related technical inputs, information and write ups are by Pandit S.P.Tata – the webmaster of Astrojyoti.com who has more than 30 years of experience as a professional astrologer and also teaches astrology.