Connect with Kochi, in the state of Kerala, Aluva is located around 15 Km from the centre part of the city, which is flanked by Periyar river. Aluva is also as close as 11.7 Km from the Cochin international airport at Nedumbassery. This Aluva, is a grouping of the sub-urban and village areas like Mukundapuram, north Paravur Taluk, Kanayannur and Kunathunad, which came together in the year of 1956.
The predominance of Hindu in the city is manifested primarily by the Manapuram Shiva temple, which turns it into one of the major pilgrimage site for Hindu people. Though Aluva, is a Hindu dominant city, the count of the Islamic population is not much less here. Followed by the data of the 20111 census, there are almost, 18.93% of Muslims in the city. Only 41.83% of people follow Hinduism here, which is comparatively lesser than other cities. However, the Christian population of Aluva is remarkably strong, with 38.86% of people, which is even stronger than Islamic population of the place.
About the Panchang
The Panchang (Panjika) is the Hindu almanac. It is used to choose auspicious times (shubh muhurat) for important events
— marriage, naming a baby, starting a business or entering a new home — and to identify inauspicious periods
that are best avoided. Festivals and pujas are also scheduled by it: Lakshmi Puja falls on Purnima tithi, for example,
and Durga Puja on Saptami.
The name means “five limbs”: Tithi, Vara (weekday), Nakshatra,
Yoga and Karana. This page calculates them for the chosen city and date, together with
sunrise, sunset and the Moon's phase. Timings depend on the location, so they differ from city to city.
Tithi and Paksha
A tithi is the time it takes for the Moon to move 12° ahead of the Sun, so there are 30 tithis in a lunar month:
Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, Panchami, Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi,
Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Purnima in the bright half (Shukla Paksha), and the same fifteen ending in Amavasya in the
dark half (Krishna Paksha).
Karana and Yoga
Each tithi has two karanas: the movable Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti (Bhadra), and the fixed
Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga and Kimstughna. There are 27 yogas, found by adding the longitudes of the Sun and Moon and
dividing by 13°20′: Vishkambha, Priti, Ayushman, Saubhagya, Shobhana, Atiganda, Sukarma, Dhriti, Shoola,
Ganda, Vriddhi, Dhruva, Vyaghata, Harshana, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatipata, Variyana, Parigha, Shiva, Siddha, Sadhya, Shubha,
Shukla, Brahma, Indra and Vaidhriti.
Before starting a journey or anything important, prefer the auspicious times above and avoid Rahu Kaal,
Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Dur Muhurta and Mrityu periods.