Facts and Concepts

The ideas behind the panchang, the kalyanaks and the pachchakkhan, explained simply.

Ashan, panam, khadim and svadim: what each pachchakkhan gives up.

How Navkarshi, Porsi, Sadh-porsi, Purimaddh and Avaddh are worked out from sunrise and sunset.

The tithis of each month kept with special aradhana.

Why a tithi is sometimes lost or repeated, and which day it is kept on.

Chyavan, janma, diksha, kevalgyan and moksha: the five auspicious events in every Tirthankar's life.

Swastik, Shrivatsa, Nandyavart, Vardhamanak, Bhadrasan, Kalash, Minyugal and Darpan: what each one means.

The five-nakshatra stretch each month when the moon is in Kumbh and Meen rashi.

How the day and night are divided into eight Chogadiya each, and which are good.