Anand, the city of Gujarat, is portion of the Charotar region, which shares the other portion with Kheda district. The total area of 47.86 Km2 or 18.49 sq mi of Anand is situated at an elevation of 39 meter or 128 ft upward the level of ocean. The coordinates that indicates the city Anand is 22.556°N 72.951°E in India. This city of Anand is located between Ahmedabad and Vadodara of the same state. The boundary of Anand is flanked by four major places from the four sides, that is Kheda district in the north, Gulf of Khumbbhat in the south, Vadodara in the east and Ahmedabad in the west.
The study of the religious demographics show Hinduism as a dominant religion in the city, which is followed by 85.95% of people there. Gradually, the count of people and the percentage amount decreases from the Islam followers, which is 11.99%. The Christians are 1.42%, Jains are 0.41%, Sikhs are 0.07% and the Buddhist shares a very low percentage of 0.01, among all the population of the city of Anand.
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.