Pañcañgaśuddhi
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Sometimes transliterated as: Pancangasuddhi, PaJcaJgaZuddhi, Paycaygashuddhi
Pañcañgaśuddhi literally means ‘holy period according to the pañcāṅga or almanac’.
Any auspicious rite should be performed when all the five aspects dealt with in a pañcāṅga[1] are deemed as auspicious. This is pañcāṅgaśuddhi. These five aspects have been dealt with in detail in pañcāṅga.
References
- ↑ Pañcāṅga means religious almanac.
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore