125 km2 of land at the coordinate of 22.47°N 70.07°E shows the location of Jamnagar, the coastal region of the Saurashtra region of the state of Gujarat. To the immediate south of Gulf of Kutch, this Jamnagar has a distance of 337 km from the capital of the state Gandhinagar. The city of Rajkot is there in the eastern side of Jamnagar, while the Junagadh district is in the southern portion. Though, there presence of perennial rivers could not be found in Jamnagar, there are several rain fed rives like Fuljar, Vartu, Venu, Aji, Sasoi, Nagmati, Rangmati and so on. The constellation of the mangrove forests, in the region enhances its geographical features.
The three major religion which holds the position of first, second and third major religions in the city of Jamnagar are Hinduism, Islamism and Jainism, the rest fall in the portion of other religion. However, there are 77.59% of people who are Hindu, 18.99% of Muslim and 2.51% Jain people there.
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.