The Mythically famous place Kurukshetra, in the northern state of India, Haryana, is situated at a coordinate of 29.965717°N 76.837006°E, according to the study of the Cartography. The 1530 square kilometre of land of Kurukshetra makes it one of the largest districts of the state, as it occupies 3.46% of the total land area of Haryana. The latitude of 29053’00”N and 30015’02”N and the longitude of 76026’27”E to 7707’57”E, shows the exact location of the place Kurukshetra.
The Indo-Gangetic plains which comprises of alluvial soil and the flowing rivers through Kurukshetra and alongside the place helps in its agriculture. Rivers like Markhanda, Yamuna and Saraswati, and the famous canals like Narwana canal and Sutlej-Yamuna-Link canal, supplies water in the region.
There are 83.47% of Hindu people, 1.66% of Muslim people, 14.55% of Sikh people, and 0.20% of Christian people out of the total population of 964,655 in the region. The other religion like Buddhism and Jainism are also there in a small amount.
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.