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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 ...