{"id":9988,"date":"2026-08-31T21:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/knowledgebase\/docs\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/panchang-muhurat-glossary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T21:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:55:39","password":"","slug":"panchang-muhurat-glossary","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/knowledgebase\/docs\/mm-guides\/utsav-jyotish\/daily-panchang-muhurat\/panchang-muhurat-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Panchang and Muhurat glossary: Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background:#f3f0fb;border-left:4px solid #7c5cbf;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#128100; <strong>Who this is for<\/strong><br \/>Astrology Seekers &mdash; anyone opening the Utsav Jyotish daily reading and meeting words like Tithi, Choghadiya or Rahukaal for the first time. No prior knowledge of Vedic astrology is assumed, and you do not need an account to read the free Panchang.<\/div>\n<h2>Quick answer<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This Panchang and Muhurat glossary defines the core Panchang five elements (Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Vara), the Muhurat terms (Choghadiya, Hora, Rahukaal, Gulikakaal, Abhijit), the day-favourability terms (Chandra Bala, Tara Bala, Anandadi Yoga) and the calendar terms (Amanta vs Purnimanta, Ritu) in one place, so a first-time Utsav Jyotish seeker can read any daily timing without hunting for a definition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Before you begin<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The readings these words describe live on one page: <strong>Utsav Jyotish<\/strong> on the main site &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-jyotish\/\">https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-jyotish\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Three ways in: open the <strong>APPS<\/strong> switcher in the top bar and choose the <strong>UTSAV JYOTISH<\/strong> pill; follow the <strong>UtsavJyotish.com<\/strong> link in the site navigation or footer; or choose <strong>Check your Astrology<\/strong> under <strong>GET INVOLVED<\/strong> in the left sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>The free readings &mdash; <strong>Daily Panchang<\/strong>, <strong>Daily Prediction<\/strong>, <strong>Horoscope Calculator<\/strong> and <strong>Marriage Matching<\/strong> &mdash; open for anyone, with nothing to install. If a sign-in box appears instead of a reading, you have followed a link into a members-only area; sign in and open the Utsav Jyotish page again.<\/li>\n<li>This is a reference page, not a walkthrough. Where a term has its own guide, this page points you to it rather than repeating it.<\/li>\n<li>Definitions here explain what a word <em>means<\/em>. The reading on the page is what tells you the actual figure, window or verdict for your day &mdash; always go by what is printed there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Panchang and Muhurat: the two words the rest hang off<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Panchang<\/strong> means &ldquo;five limbs&rdquo;. It is the traditional daily almanac, built from five measurements of where the Sun and Moon are &mdash; the five elements below. Read it as a description of the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Muhurat<\/strong> is a chosen slice of time <em>inside<\/em> that day, picked as suitable for starting something. Classically a muhurat is about 48 minutes, one thirtieth of a day, though the word is also used loosely for any auspicious window. Read it as advice about the hour, not the day.<\/p>\n<p>Almost every other term on this page is either one of the five measurements, a way of naming a window, a verdict on how favourable a day is, or a calendar system used to label the date.<\/p>\n<h2>The five Panchang elements<\/h2>\n<p>These five are the Panchang. Every reading on the page starts from them, and most other indicators are calculated out of them.<\/p>\n<h3>Tithi &mdash; the lunar day<\/h3>\n<p>A Tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain twelve degrees on the Sun. There are thirty in a lunar month, split into two fortnights: <strong>Shukla Paksha<\/strong> (waxing, towards the full moon) and <strong>Krishna Paksha<\/strong> (waning, towards the new moon). A Tithi is not a fixed length &mdash; it can run from roughly nineteen to twenty-six hours &mdash; so it rarely lines up neatly with a calendar day, and the page shows the time it begins and ends.<\/p>\n<h3>Nakshatra &mdash; the lunar mansion<\/h3>\n<p>The zodiac is divided into twenty-seven Nakshatras of thirteen degrees and twenty minutes each, and the Nakshatra of the day is the one the Moon is passing through. Your <strong>birth Nakshatra<\/strong> is the one the Moon occupied when you were born; two of the day-favourability readings below are counted from it, which is why they differ from person to person.<\/p>\n<h3>Yoga &mdash; the Sun&rsquo;s and Moon&rsquo;s combined position<\/h3>\n<p>Here &ldquo;Yoga&rdquo; is a technical measurement: the positions of the Sun and Moon added together, which falls into one of twenty-seven named Yogas. It is not a posture practice, and it is not the same thing as the named auspicious formations further down the page &mdash; those are separate combinations with their own names.<\/p>\n<h3>Karana &mdash; the half-Tithi<\/h3>\n<p>A Karana is half a Tithi, so there are two in each Tithi and sixty in a lunar month, drawn from a set of eleven names that repeat through the month. It is the finest-grained of the five elements and is normally read alongside the Tithi rather than on its own.<\/p>\n<h3>Vara &mdash; the weekday<\/h3>\n<p>Vara is simply the day of the week, traditionally counted sunrise to sunrise rather than midnight to midnight, with each day carrying a ruling planet. Vara matters more than it looks: several timing readings &mdash; Rahukaal, Gulikakaal, Yamaganda, Disha Shool and the order of the Choghadiya periods &mdash; are fixed by the weekday, which is why the same weekday always flags the same pattern.<\/p>\n<h2>Muhurat and timing terms<\/h2>\n<p>These divide the day into windows and tell you how each window has traditionally been treated. Their clock times move with sunrise and sunset, so they shift through the year and differ by place.<\/p>\n<h3>Choghadiya<\/h3>\n<p>The daylight is divided into eight periods and the night into eight more, each roughly an hour and a half. Each period carries one of seven labels: <strong>Amrit<\/strong>, <strong>Shubh<\/strong>, <strong>Labh<\/strong>, <strong>Chal<\/strong>, <strong>Udveg<\/strong>, <strong>Kaal<\/strong> and <strong>Rog<\/strong>. In common practice Amrit, Shubh and Labh are treated as favourable for beginnings, Chal as neutral and suited to travel or movement, and Udveg, Kaal and Rog as periods to avoid <em>starting<\/em> something in. The page publishes the labels and their times; it does not publish a good-or-bad verdict, so that reading is traditional practice rather than a rule the site applies.<\/p>\n<h3>Hora<\/h3>\n<p>A Hora is a planetary hour. The day is divided into twenty-four Horas from sunrise, each ruled by one of the seven traditional planets in a repeating order, with the first Hora of the day belonging to that weekday&rsquo;s ruling planet. People use it to pick an hour whose ruler suits the task &mdash; a finer choice than the Choghadiya period it sits inside.<\/p>\n<h3>Rahukaal<\/h3>\n<p>Rahukaal is a window of roughly ninety minutes each day that tradition sets aside for starting anything new. Which slot of the day it falls in is fixed by the weekday, but the clock time changes with sunrise and sunset, so it is different in different places and different through the year. Nothing is blocked or cancelled during Rahukaal &mdash; the custom is about not <em>beginning<\/em> something, not about stopping work already under way.<\/p>\n<h3>Gulikakaal<\/h3>\n<p>Also written Gulika or Mandi, this is a second weekday-fixed window of similar length, treated with the same caution as Rahukaal for beginnings. How strictly it is observed varies a great deal between families and regions.<\/p>\n<h3>Yamaganda<\/h3>\n<p>The third member of the same family: another window fixed by weekday and generally avoided for starting new work. Rahukaal, Gulikakaal and Yamaganda are usually printed together, and a day will show all three.<\/p>\n<h3>Abhijit Muhurat<\/h3>\n<p>A short window of about forty-eight minutes around local midday, widely regarded as generally auspicious and often used when there is no time to choose a specific muhurat. Many traditions set it aside on Wednesdays; as with the Choghadiya verdicts, that is customary practice rather than something the page decides for you.<\/p>\n<h3>Brahma Muhurat<\/h3>\n<p>The period of roughly an hour and a half before sunrise, valued for prayer, meditation, study and quiet work rather than for starting business. It is the one window on this list chosen for the quality of the time rather than for luck.<\/p>\n<h2>Day-favourability terms<\/h2>\n<p>These do not divide the day up &mdash; they judge it. Two of them are personal to you and two describe the calendar day for everybody.<\/p>\n<h3>Chandra Bala<\/h3>\n<p>&ldquo;Strength of the Moon&rdquo; &mdash; a reading of how supportive the Moon&rsquo;s current position is <em>for you<\/em> on a given day, reckoned from your birth Nakshatra. It is personal, so two people looking at the same date can quite correctly see different results. Traditions differ on how it is counted, and the reading follows the tradition used by the service that calculates it.<\/p>\n<h3>Tara Bala<\/h3>\n<p>The paired personal check. Counting from your birth Nakshatra to the Nakshatra the Moon is in today gives a position in a nine-fold cycle. Five of the nine are read as favourable &mdash; <strong>Sampat<\/strong>, <strong>Kshema<\/strong>, <strong>Sadhaka<\/strong>, <strong>Mitra<\/strong> and <strong>Ati-Mitra<\/strong> &mdash; and three are cautioned: <strong>Vipat<\/strong>, <strong>Pratyak<\/strong> and <strong>Vadha<\/strong>. The ninth, <strong>Janma Tara<\/strong>, sits in neither group. Chandra Bala and Tara Bala are separate calculations and may disagree; neither overrules the other.<\/p>\n<h3>Anandadi Yoga<\/h3>\n<p>A classification of how favourable the whole calendar day is, worked out from a Panchang combination. Unlike Chandra Bala and Tara Bala it uses no birth details, so everyone reading the same date sees the same answer.<\/p>\n<h3>Named auspicious yoga formations<\/h3>\n<p>Particular combinations of weekday, Tithi and Nakshatra that carry their own names and a reputation for supporting new beginnings &mdash; among them <strong>Sarvartha Siddhi<\/strong>, <strong>Amrita Siddhi<\/strong>, <strong>Ravi Pushya<\/strong> (the Pushya Nakshatra falling on a Sunday) and <strong>Guru Pushya<\/strong> (Pushya falling on a Thursday). Because those last two are defined by their weekday, they can never fall on the same date. For what each formation is used for and how they show up on the reading, see <a href=\"https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=docs&amp;p=9981\">Daily Auspicious Yoga Formations: Sarvartha Siddhi, Amrita Siddhi and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Other terms you may see beside the daily reading<\/h2>\n<h3>Disha Shool<\/h3>\n<p>The single compass direction held inauspicious to <em>begin<\/em> a journey towards on a given day. It is fixed per weekday rather than per date, so the same weekday always flags the same direction, and it concerns setting out &mdash; not travelling, arriving or returning.<\/p>\n<h3>Gowri Nalla Neram<\/h3>\n<p>The South Indian, chiefly Tamil, reading of auspicious and inauspicious periods through the day &mdash; the regional parallel to Choghadiya, kept as a reading of its own rather than folded into it. Regional almanacs vary in the period names they print, so go by the labels shown on the page you are reading.<\/p>\n<h2>Calendar and system terms<\/h2>\n<p>These explain why the same date can be described in more than one way &mdash; a common cause of confusion when families from different regions compare dates.<\/p>\n<h3>Amanta and Purnimanta<\/h3>\n<p>Two conventions for where a lunar month ends. In the <strong>Amanta<\/strong> system the month ends at the new moon, and it is the convention widely followed in southern and western India. In the <strong>Purnimanta<\/strong> system the month ends at the full moon, as widely followed in the north. The days themselves are identical &mdash; a festival falls on the same date in both &mdash; but the dark fortnight before a new moon belongs to a different month name in each system, so your month label can differ from a relative&rsquo;s while you are both looking at the same day.<\/p>\n<h3>Vikram Samvat and Shaka Samvat<\/h3>\n<p>Two era counts used to number the year. <strong>Vikram Samvat<\/strong> runs roughly fifty-seven years ahead of the Gregorian year; <strong>Shaka Samvat<\/strong> runs roughly seventy-eight years behind it. A traditional date may therefore carry a different year number from the one on your phone without anything being wrong.<\/p>\n<h3>Ritu<\/h3>\n<p>The six traditional seasons, each covering about two months: <strong>Vasanta<\/strong> (spring, around March to May), <strong>Grishma<\/strong> (summer, May to July), <strong>Varsha<\/strong> (monsoon, July to September), <strong>Sharad<\/strong> (autumn, September to November), <strong>Hemanta<\/strong> (pre-winter, November to January) and <strong>Shishira<\/strong> (winter, January to March). Those months are indicative only &mdash; the season is tied to the traditional calendar rather than to fixed dates, so take the day&rsquo;s reading as authoritative.<\/p>\n<h3>Ayana, shown as Solstice<\/h3>\n<p>Ayana is the six-month half of the year defined by the Sun&rsquo;s apparent direction of travel: <strong>Uttarayana<\/strong> while it moves north and <strong>Dakshinayana<\/strong> while it moves south. The page labels this indicator <em>Solstice<\/em>, which is worth knowing, because the traditional turning points &mdash; the Sun&rsquo;s entry into Makara in mid-January and into Karka in mid-July &mdash; deliberately fall a few weeks after the astronomical solstices in late December and late June. Each Ayana half contains exactly three Ritus: Shishira, Vasanta and Grishma in Uttarayana; Varsha, Sharad and Hemanta in Dakshinayana.<\/p>\n<h2>How the terms fit together<\/h2>\n<p>Once you can see the layers, a full reading stops looking like a wall of Sanskrit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Calendar terms<\/strong> (Amanta or Purnimanta, Samvat, Ritu, Ayana) say which day this is, and in which system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The five elements<\/strong> (Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Vara) describe the day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Day-favourability terms<\/strong> judge the day: the named formations pick out a favourable <em>day<\/em>, and Anandadi Yoga classifies the whole day, while Chandra Bala and Tara Bala answer the same question <em>for you<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muhurat terms<\/strong> (Choghadiya, Hora, Rahukaal, Gulikakaal, Yamaganda, Abhijit, Brahma Muhurat) pick the hour inside that day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They are complementary layers rather than one verdict, and they can disagree &mdash; a day flagged by an auspicious formation still contains its Rahukaal window. That is normal; tradition is to weigh them, not to expect one clean answer. For how the daily timings are laid out, and how to pick a window for a specific plan, see the Utsav Jyotish guides on the daily Panchang timings and on Muhurat timing windows.<\/p>\n<h2>Tips and best practices<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#eef8f0;border-left:4px solid #2e9e5b;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#127919; <strong>Best practice<\/strong><br \/>Read the <em>times<\/em>, not just the names. Tithi, Nakshatra and every Muhurat window start and end at their own moments, computed for a place and a date &mdash; so &ldquo;today is Ashwini&rdquo; is only half the fact. Note the start and end shown on the page before you plan around them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#fff6f1;border-left:4px solid #e0592b;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 18px;margin:22px 0;line-height:1.6;\">&#128161; <strong>Tip<\/strong><br \/>Learn Vara first. Rahukaal, Gulikakaal, Yamaganda, Disha Shool and the Choghadiya order are all keyed to the weekday, so once you know the weekday pattern that suits you, a large part of the reading becomes predictable.<\/div>\n<p>Two more habits that save confusion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep the personal readings and the calendar readings apart in your head. Chandra Bala and Tara Bala need your birth Nakshatra; everything else on the daily reading is the same for every reader.<\/li>\n<li>Where a term has its own article &mdash; the auspicious formations, the daily timings, the Muhurat windows &mdash; use it for the detail and keep this page for the definitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n<h3>My reading is different from a friend&rsquo;s for the same date<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> two of these indicators are personal. Chandra Bala and Tara Bala are counted from your birth Nakshatra, so they legitimately differ from person to person on the same day.<br \/>\n<strong>Fix:<\/strong> check which indicator you are comparing. If it is Anandadi Yoga, Disha Shool, Gowri Nalla Neram, Choghadiya or any of the five elements, it should read the same for both of you &mdash; if it does not, confirm you are both on the same date and the same location setting.<br \/>\n<strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> a calendar-only indicator shows two different values for the same date and place. Raise a support ticket with both readings.<\/p>\n<h3>The Tithi or Nakshatra changed partway through the day<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> that is correct behaviour. A Tithi runs roughly nineteen to twenty-six hours and a Nakshatra has its own span, so neither is tied to midnight.<br \/>\n<strong>Fix:<\/strong> read the start and end times printed with the element rather than treating it as a whole-day label. If your event sits after the change-over, use the incoming value.<br \/>\n<strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> no start and end times are shown at all &mdash; the reading is incomplete and worth reporting.<\/p>\n<h3>I am looking for where to buy or top up credits<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> some individual indicator readings are priced per lookup in credits, with the figure shown alongside the reading, and delivery in a language other than English usually costs more. That pricing is per indicator, so no single figure applies across the page.<br \/>\n<strong>Fix:<\/strong> stop looking for a wallet or top-up screen &mdash; Utsav Jyotish has none. The free calculators create no order at all, paid reports and remedy items are ordinary Utsav Market orders, and consultations are booked and paid for through Utsav Bookings.<br \/>\n<strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> you were charged for something you did not order, or a paid report has not arrived. Raise it as an order enquiry, not an astrology question.<\/p>\n<h3>My family almanac uses different names or a different month<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cause:<\/strong> regional tradition. Month names differ between the Amanta and Purnimanta conventions, era years differ between Vikram and Shaka Samvat, and regional almanacs print some period names in their own language.<br \/>\n<strong>Fix:<\/strong> match like with like &mdash; compare the actual date and the timings rather than the labels, and go by the labels shown on the reading you have open.<br \/>\n<strong>Escalate if:<\/strong> the page itself shows two contradictory values for the same field on the same day.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q: What are the five Panchang elements?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: Tithi (the lunar day), Nakshatra (the Moon&rsquo;s mansion, one of twenty-seven), Yoga (the combined position of the Sun and Moon, one of twenty-seven), Karana (half a Tithi, from a set of eleven) and Vara (the weekday). Together they are the Panchang &mdash; literally, its &ldquo;five limbs&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What is Rahukaal?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: A window of about ninety minutes each day traditionally avoided for starting anything new. Its slot is fixed by the weekday, but its clock time moves with sunrise and sunset, so it differs by date and place. It does not stop work already in progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What is the difference between the Amanta and Purnimanta calendars?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: Only where the lunar month ends. Amanta months end at the new moon and are followed mainly in southern and western India; Purnimanta months end at the full moon and are followed mainly in the north. The days are the same &mdash; but the fortnight before a new moon carries a different month name in each, which is why two people can name the same day differently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What are the six Ritu seasons?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: Vasanta (spring), Grishma (summer), Varsha (monsoon), Sharad (autumn), Hemanta (pre-winter) and Shishira (winter), each lasting roughly two months. They divide neatly into the two Ayana halves, three seasons in each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Which Choghadiya periods are favourable?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: In common practice Amrit, Shubh and Labh are treated as favourable, Chal as neutral and suited to movement or travel, and Udveg, Kaal and Rog as periods to avoid for beginnings. The page prints the periods and their times rather than a good-or-bad table, so treat that ranking as traditional practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Do I need an account to read the Panchang?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: No. The Daily Panchang and the other free calculators on the Utsav Jyotish page open for anyone, with nothing to install and nothing to buy. An account matters only when you order a paid report, a remedy item or a consultation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mahi=\"context\">\nAlso asked as: what does Tithi mean on the Panchang, Panchang terms explained in English, what is Nakshatra Yoga Karana Vara, what is Rahukaal and Gulikakaal, what is Choghadiya and which periods are good, meaning of Chandra Bala and Tara Bala, difference between Amanta and Purnimanta months, what is Uttarayana and Dakshinayana, what are the six Ritu seasons, glossary of Vedic astrology words on Utsav Jyotish. Applies to: Utsav Jyotish, Astrology module, Daily Panchang &amp; Muhurat readings. Where to find it: the Utsav Jyotish page on the main site, https:\/\/mymahotsav.com\/utsav-jyotish\/ &mdash; reached from the APPS switcher in the top bar, the UtsavJyotish.com link in the navigation or footer, or Check your Astrology under GET INVOLVED in the left sidebar. Canonical facts: Panchang means five limbs &mdash; Tithi (lunar day, thirty per lunar month, roughly nineteen to twenty-six hours, Shukla and Krishna Paksha), Nakshatra (twenty-seven mansions of thirteen degrees twenty minutes), Yoga (twenty-seven combined Sun-Moon positions, not the named auspicious formations), Karana (half a Tithi, eleven names, sixty per month), Vara (weekday, sunrise to sunrise). Muhurat is a window inside the day, classically about forty-eight minutes. Choghadiya = eight day and eight night periods of about ninety minutes, labels Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Chal, Udveg, Kaal, Rog; Amrit, Shubh and Labh favourable, Chal neutral, Udveg, Kaal and Rog avoided for beginnings &mdash; traditional practice, the page publishes no good-or-bad table. Hora = twenty-four planetary hours from sunrise, first ruled by the weekday ruler. Rahukaal, Gulikakaal and Yamaganda = weekday-fixed windows of about ninety minutes avoided for beginnings, clock time varies with sunrise and sunset. Abhijit Muhurat = about forty-eight minutes around local midday, many traditions exclude Wednesdays. Brahma Muhurat = about ninety minutes before sunrise, for prayer and study. Chandra Bala and Tara Bala are personal, counted from the birth Nakshatra, so they differ between members on the same date; Tara Bala has nine positions with Sampat, Kshema, Sadhaka, Mitra and Ati-Mitra favourable, Vipat, Pratyak and Vadha cautioned, and Janma Tara unclassified. Anandadi Yoga, Disha Shool and Gowri Nalla Neram are calendar-only, identical for every reader; Disha Shool is fixed per weekday and concerns beginning a journey. Named formations include Sarvartha Siddhi, Amrita Siddhi, Ravi Pushya (Pushya on a Sunday) and Guru Pushya (Pushya on a Thursday), so those two can never share a date. Amanta months end at the new moon (south and west), Purnimanta at the full moon (north); same days, different month name for the dark fortnight. Vikram Samvat runs about fifty-seven years ahead of the Gregorian year, Shaka Samvat about seventy-eight years behind. Six Ritus: Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemanta, Shishira, about two months each. Ayana is labelled Solstice on the page and turns on the Sun entering Makara in mid-January and Karka in mid-July, deliberately later than the astronomical solstices; Uttarayana holds Shishira, Vasanta and Grishma, Dakshinayana holds Varsha, Sharad and Hemanta. Free calculators need no account and create no order; where an indicator lookup is priced it is charged in credits shown with the reading and costs more in languages other than English; there is no Utsav Jyotish wallet or credit top-up screen, paid reports and remedies are Utsav Market orders and consultations are booked through Utsav Bookings.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This glossary explains, in plain English, the terms on an Utsav Jyotish daily reading: the five Panchang elements (Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Vara), the Muhurat timings (Choghadiya, Hora, Rahukaal, Gulikakaal, Yamaganda, Abhijit), the day-favourability readings (Chandra Bala, Tara Bala, Anandadi Yoga) and the calendar terms (Amanta and Purnimanta, Vikram and Shaka Samvat, Ritu, Ayana). 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