Instructions for taking Pachkhan:
Please fold your hands and when you hear “Pachkhai” you should say in your mind “Pachkhami”.
Navkarsi / નવકારસી
One must take food and water forty eight minutes after sunrise.
Porsi and Sadhporsi / પોરીસી અને સાઢપોરીસી
One must take food and water approximately 3 hours after sunrise for porsi or 4 and a half hours after sunrise for Sadhporsi
Ekasanu and Biyasanu / એકાસણું અને બીઆસણા
One must take only one meal per day for Ekasanu or two meals per day for Biyasanu. Boiled water between Navkarsi and Chovihar time.
1/2/3 Upvas (Attham) / એક/બે/ત્રણ ઉપવાસ (અઠ્ઠમ)
One must not eat any food and only use boiled water between Navkarsi and Chovihar time.
Chovihar Upvas / ચોવિહાર ઉપવાસ
One must not eat any food or drink water
Evening Tivihara / સાંજના તિવીહાર
Around sunset / chovihar time in evening take this pachhakkhan if you had any food or water in the day. Water is allowed ideally once only until next day Navakarsi time.
Evening Chovihara Upvas / સાંજના ચોવીહાર ઉપવાસ
Around sunset / chovihar time in evening take this pachhakkhan if you have observed fast by not drinking even water (chovihar upvas).