ACHALAMPachchakhan and their times
A pachchakhan is a vow to give up food, water or other things for a fixed time. Here are today's times for your city, what each pachchakhan means, and how the time is worked out.
Today's times
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V.S. 2083 · Achalgachchh
- Sunrise7:02 AM
- Navkarsi7:51 AM
- Porsi9:49 AM
- Sadh-Porsi11:13 AM
- Purimaddh12:36 PM
- Avaddh3:22 PM
- Chauvihar6:08 PM
What is a pachchakhan?
Pachchakhan (pratyakhyan) means giving something up by your own wish, for a fixed time. It is taken from a guru maharaj, or before Bhagwan, and it is completed with paaru when the time is over. Even a short pachchakhan like Navkarsi, kept every day, is counted as real tapasya.
How the times are worked out
The day (from sunrise to sunset) is divided into four parts called prahar. Because days are longer in summer and shorter in winter, and sunrise is later in the west of India, the times change every day and from city to city.
| Pachchakhan | Can be completed after |
|---|---|
| Navkarsi | 48 minutes (one muhurt) after sunrise |
| Porsi | One prahar (a quarter of the day) after sunrise |
| Sadh Porsi | One and a half prahar after sunrise |
| Purimaddh | Two prahar after sunrise (midday) |
| Avaddh | Three prahar after sunrise |
| Chauvihar | Taken before sunset; nothing is eaten or drunk after it until the next morning |
Kinds of pachchakhan
- Chauvihar: giving up all four kinds of ahar: food, water, and both kinds of mukhvas and snacks.
- Tivihar: giving up three kinds; only boiled water may be taken.
- Duvihar: giving up two kinds; water and medicine may be taken.
- Biyasan: eating at only two sittings in the day.
- Ekasan: eating at only one sitting in the day.
- Ayambil: one meal of plain, boiled food without ghee, oil, milk, curd, sugar, jaggery, fruit or spices. It is kept in the Navpad Oli.
- Upvas: a full fast. In tivihar upvas only boiled water may be taken in the daytime; in chauvihar upvas not even water.
- Attham, Atthai, Masakshaman, Varshitap: fasts of three days, eight days, a month, and alternate-day fasts for about a year (completed with the parna on Akhatrij).
Rules differ a little between sanghs and gurus. When in doubt, follow what your guru maharaj tells you.
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Questions people ask
What time is Navkarsi today?
Navkarsi is 48 minutes after sunrise. The card at the top of this page shows today's time for your city; you can change the city.
How is Porsi time calculated?
Porsi is one prahar after sunrise. A prahar is a quarter of the time from sunrise to sunset, so Porsi changes every day.
What is the difference between Tivihar and Chauvihar?
In Chauvihar all four kinds of ahar, including water, are given up. In Tivihar three are given up and boiled water may still be taken.
What is Ayambil?
One meal a day of plain boiled food without ghee, oil, milk, curd, sugar, fruit or spices. It is kept especially in the Navpad Ayambil Oli.
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