“PANCHANG & MUHURAT” PART – 1. . - VaishnavSangh.org.uk

Tithi – Lunar DaysBright Fortnight (Shukla Paksha) “sud”Dark Fortnight (Krishna Paksha) “vad”• 1st. Pratipada (First Crescent)• 2nd. Dvitiya• 3rd. Tritiya• 4th. Chaturthi• 5th. Panchami• 6th. Shashthi• 7th. Saptami• 9th. Navami• 10th. Dashami• 11th. Ekadashi• 12th. Dvadashi• 13th. Trayodashi• 14th. Chaturdashi• 15th. PURNIMA (Full Moon)• 15th. AMAVASYA (New Moon)• In the traditional Vedic calendar system the tithis areused as dates, so one's birthday would be on the sametithi as they were born, the relationship between theSun (Father) and Moon (Mother) would be the same onone's birthday as it was the day of birth. In this way, theGregorian dates have no astrological relevance.• The tithi is ruled by Jala Tattva (the waterelement/Venus) and shows the state of the mind;whether it is excited, bored, nervous, afraid,agitated or calm.• The tithi is used to see if an event will be successful. Italso shows whether people will cooperate with theproject or not.Planet Tithi TithiSun 1 9Moon 2 10Mars 3 11Mercury 4 12Jupiter 5 13Venus 6 14Saturn 7 15Rahu 8 024