Pachhakhan

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Don’t eat or drink anything untill 48 minutes after the sunrise, then sit at one place , fold your hand(Muththi vaalavi or handful), recite Navkar 3 times and then take food or water. By doing navkarsi one day, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 100 years of torture in hell – i.e. karma nirjara.

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Porsi : Don’t eat or drink anything untill One Prahar time after the sunrise, then sit at one place , fold your hand(Muththi vaalavi or handful), recite Navkar 3 times and then take food or water. By doing Porsi one day, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 1,000 years of hell life – i.e. karma nirjara.

Sadhporsi : Don’t eat or drink anything untill 1.5 Prahar time after the sunrise, then sit at one place , fold your hand(Muththi vaalavi or handful), recite Navkar 3 times and then take food or water. By doing Porsi one day, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 10,000 years of hell life – i.e. karma nirjara.

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Avadhha : Don’t eat or drink anything until Three Prahar time after the sunrise, then sit at one place, fold your hand(Muththi vaalavi or handful), recite Navkar 3 times and then take food or water.

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Ekasanu : In Ekasan, Eat only once in a day, sitting at one place within less than 48 minutes. Other than that dont eat or drink anything except boiled water. Boiled water cab be drunk up to sunset Only. By doing Ekashan, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 1 million years(10 Lac) of hell life – i.e. karma nirjara.

Biyasanu : Don’t eat or drink anything untill Two Prahars time after the sunrise, then sit at one place , fold your hand(Muththi vaalavi or handful), recite Navkar 3 times and then take food or water.

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 In Ayambil, Eat only once in a day, Don’t eat any Vigai-Fruits-Vegetables ,sitting at one place within less than 48 minutes. Other than that dont eat or drink anything except boiled water. Boiled water cab be drunk up to sunset Only. By doing Ayambil, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 100 billion years(1000 crore years) of hell life – i.e. karma nirjara.

Details: In Ayambil, Eat only once in a day, Don’t eat any Vigai-Fruits-Vegetables ,sitting at one place within less than 48 minutes. Other than that dont eat or drink anything except boiled water. Boiled water cab be drunk up to sunset Only. By doing Ayambil, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 100 billion years(1000 crore years) of hell life – i.e. karma nirjara.

Details: In Chauvihar Upvas, Don't eat or drink anything. Don't drink even boiled water too. By doing Upvas, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 1000 bilion years (10000 Crore years) of hell life - i.e. karma nirjara.

Details: In Tivihar one does not take food of any kind including liquids except water after the sunset until the sunrise of next day but can take water.

Details: In Panhar, one does not take any food or any liquids after the sunset until the sunrise next day. This pachakhan is taken when one has done Tivihar Upvas, Ayambil, Nivi, Ekasanu or Biyasanu.

Details: In Duvihar one does not take food of any kind including liquids except water and medicine after the sunset until the sunrise of next day but can take water and medicine.

Details: In Chauvihar, one does not take any food or any liquids after the sunset until the sunrise next day.