Karana
A karana is half a tithi, six degrees of the Moon's elongation from the Sun, and there are sixty in a lunation. Eleven names cover them: seven movable karanas (Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti) which repeat eight times.
Vishti, also called Bhadra, is the malefic karana and the one muhurta practice avoids for auspicious beginnings; the other six movable karanas are read as neutral to good according to the work. The karana is the fifth limb of the panchanga and the finest of the five in ordinary use.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Karanamthe half-tithi
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Concept
- Sanskrit
- करण
- English
- the half-tithi
- Meaning
A karana is half a tithi, six degrees of the Moon's elongation from the Sun, and there are sixty in a lunation. Eleven names cover them: seven movable karanas (Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti) which repeat eight times, and four fixed ones (Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga and Kimstughna) which fall at the joints of the month.
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