How to read Telugu Calendar/Panchangam/panchang/panchanga, details beside the date

Read the benefits that one can get by visiting/praying Lord Sri Venkateswara/Srinivasa during a particular star's(nakshatram) moments here

Now I will tell you how to interpret the details given beside the date. Before that you need to know the meaning of the symbols used. Below is the list of symbols with meaning.

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వ = వర్జ్యము
శేవ = శేష వర్జ్యము
దు = దుర్ముహూర్తము
ల = లగాయతు
కు = వరకు
ఉ = ఉదయం
మ = మధ్యాహ్నం
సా = సాయంత్రం
రా = రాత్రి
తె = తెల్లవారుఝామున (అనగా రేపటి ఉదయం)

Lets take date-25. You will automatically understand that of date-26.Jyesta suddha padyami: Jyesta here is the month name. Till the date of 24, it is the month of Vaishakham. Since a new month is starting from 25, they indicated it specifically. Otherwise such a specification of month in each date won't be found generally. suddha means sukla paksham i.e., the 15th(final) day of the paksham will be Pournami/Poornima. If the 15th day of the paksham is Amavasya, then it is called krishna paksham and instead of suddha padyami it will be written as బ.పాడ్యమి. That letter బ represents bahula representing krishna paksham.
సా 4.15 : The thithhi padyami is till evening 4.15 (i.e., 4.15 pm) on 25. After 4.15 pm, on 25 the thithhi is vidiya

రోహిణి సా 6.09 : Rohini here is the name of star(nakshatram). So on the date 25, till evening 6.09 (i.e., 6.09 pm) the star is Rohini. After 6.09 pm on 25, the star is mrugasira.

ఉ.వ. 10.35 ల 12.06 : It means on date 25, varjyam is present from morning 10.35(10.35 am) to afternoon 12.06(12.06 pm).

Similarly the last line means that varjyam is present from night 11.24 (11.24 pm, date-25) to night 12.54 (12.54 am, date-26).

So from the figure it can be said that the thithhi vidiya is from 4.16 pm, date-25 to 2.01 pm, date-26. Similarly, the star mrugasira is from 6.10pm, date-25 to 4.39pm, date-26.

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