Mesha
Karka
Simha
Vrishchika
Makara
Meena
Ashwini
Krittika
Mrigashira
Ardra
Pushya
Magha
Uttara Phalguni
Chitra
Swati
Anuradha
Mula
Uttara Ashadha
Dhanishtha
Shatabhisha
Uttara Bhadrapada
Notes: All timings are represented in 12-hour notation in local time of Lancaster, United States with DST adjustment (if applicable).
Hours which are past midnight are suffixed with next day date. In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise.
Panchang is like time in Vedic Astrology. In Modern age people use Calendar and Clock to keep time but followers of Hinduism use Panchang for time keeping. Panchang tells not only Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise and Moonset but also auspicious and inauspicious times in a day.
In other words, Panchang is a Vedic clock, which is valid only for the geo location for which it has been built. Hence, Panchang is created for each city in the world separately.
The number of core elements in Panchang are five, namely Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and Var i.e. weekday. With the help of these five elements and combining them with additional elements e.g. Lagna, Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, duration of day and night, zodiac positions of Chandra and Surya, multiple auspicious and inauspicious Yogas are formed.
Some Yoga which doesn't occur daily but randomly on any day are also included in Panchang. Drik Panchang includes Bhadra, Panchaka, Ganda Mula, Vinchhudo, Dwipushkar Yoga, Tripushkar Yoga, Ravi Pushya Yoga, Guru Pushya Yoga, Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga, Amrit Siddhi Yoga, Ravi Yoga, Jwalamukhi Yoga, Aadal Yoga and Vidaal Yoga, which is collection of important auspicious and inauspicious Yoga in Dainika Panchang which occurs randomly on any day.
Panchang is like Vedic clock which should be referred throughout the day. Some rituals which require daily reckoning of Panchang are -
Above examples are just drop in the ocean and there are numerous ways, Panchang is used by the followers of Hinduism. Upcoming festivals and fasting days, various significant auspicious and inauspicious Yogas are also reckoned with Dainika Panchang.
Assamese Panjika, similar to Bengali Panji, is a Solar based calendar. It uses Bhaskarabda Era. Bhaskarabda Era is counted from the date of the ascension of a 7th century local ruler Bhaskar Varman. The gap between Bhaskarabda and Gregorian year is 593 years.
detailed Bengali Panjika with Festivals calendar and detailed Dainik Panji
A complete list of all Indian festivals and holidays is given on this page. It lists all significant public, national, government, regional and religious festivals. Through this Indian calendar, one can learn about all important festivals and observances.
