Seasonal Regimen according to Ayurveda
• KALA (TIME): * Käla is divinity and it has neither a beginning nor an end, Time follows the accumulated effect of actions of the past. * Basing on the time only, the movement of the sun, the moon and other planets and also the transformation of five basic elements take place. * It is also the causative factor for the birth and the death of all the creatures. * Similarly, the increase and decrease of the seasons, tastes and potency of the substances. strength of the doşas and the body depends upon the time only. • KALA BHEDA (DIVISION OF TIME): -MP Kala is divided into the following 12 divisions: 1. Mäträ (= time taken for blinking the eyelid) 2. Kastha (= 15 Matra) 3. Kala (= 30 Kastha) 4. Nädikä (= 24min.) 5. Muhūrta (= 2 Nadika) 6. Yäma (= 3 hours) 7. Ahorātra (= 4 Yama = 1 day/1 night) 8. Paksa (= 15 Ahoratra) 9. Mäsa (= 2 Paksa) 10. Rtu (= 2 Masa) 11. Ayana (= 3 Rtu) 12. Varsa (= 2 Ayana) • SADRTU (SIX SEASONS): - The months starting with mägh...