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Importance of Panchang in Vedic Astrology.

  Panchang is a very basic component of Vedic astrology.      It is a     Hindu Almanac to measure and record the units of time on the basis of Moon’s movement.         Panchang is a compound word made up of two words: Panch and Ang. ‘Panch’ means five and ‘ang’ means limb. Therefore, the literal meaning of Panchang is five limbs of the Moon’s phase. They are: - 1) Vaar (week days), 2) Nakshatras, 3) Tithis, 4) Karans, and 5) Yogas. 1)      Vaar (week days): - They are seven in number: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each of the vaars has its lord as shown against each of them:   - Sunday: - Sun, Monday: - Moon, Tuesday: - Mars, Wednesday: - Mercury, Thursday: - Jupiter, Friday: - Venus, and Saturday: - Saturn. The weekdays are counted from Sunday onwards.  The logic according to the Hindu seers, Brahmagupta and Bhashkarcharya is that Creation came into being only after the sun had come into being and secondly, a day starts with the rise