Navkarshi, Porsi, Sadhporsi, Purimaddh, Avaddh Pachkhan

Instructions for Taking Pachkhan:

1. Fold your hands, preferably in front of a photo of Bhagwan.
   

2. Make sure your mouth is clean.
   

3. Select the Pachkhan you want to take.
   

4. Play and listen to the recording.
   

5. When the recording says “Pachkhai,” silently say “Pachkhami” in your mind.

Navkarsi :

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.

Porsi :

Don’t eat or drink anything until 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 until 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.

Purimaddha :

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. By doing Porsi one day, a person can shed karmas equivalent to 100,000 years of hell life – i.e. karma nirjara.

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.

Prahar :

Take the total daytime(i.e. If sunrise is at 6:45 am and sunset is at 7:15 pm then whole daytime is 12:30 hours), divide it by four then it will give one prahar time.

One Prahar = Total daytime/4

i.e., if daytime is 12 hours and 30 minutes then One Prahar = (12:30)/4 = 3:07:30 (3 Hours 7 Minutes 30 Seconds)

In English :

Uggae Sure, Namukkaara-Sahiam, Porisim, Saaddhaporisim, Sure Uggae, Purimaddha, Avaddh, Mutthisahiam, Pachchakkhaai (Pachchakkhaami), Uggae Sure Chauviham Pi, Aahaaram, Asanam, Paanam, Khaaimam, Saaimam, Annathanaabhogenam, Sahasaagaarenam, Pachchhanakaalenam, Disaamohenam, Saahuvayanenam, Mahattaraagaarenam, Savvasamaahivattiyaa-Gaarenam, Vosirai (Vosiraami).

In Hindi :

उग्गए सूरे, नमुक्कार-सहिअं, पोरिसिं, साड्ढपोरिसिं, सूरे उग्गए पुरिमड्ढ, अवड्ढ, मुट्ठिसहिअं, पच्चक्खाइ (पच्चक्खामि);उग्गए सूरे चउव्विहं पि आहारं, असणं, पाणं, खाइमं, साइमं, अन्नत्थणाभोगेणं, सहसागारेणं, पच्छन्नकालेणं, दिसामोहेणं, साहुवयणेणं, महत्तरागारेणं, सव्वसमाहि-वत्तियागारेणं वोसिरई (वोसिरामि).

In Gujarati :

ઉગ્ગએ સૂરે, નમુક્કાર-સહિઅં, પોરિસિં, સાડ્ઢપોરિસિં, સૂરે ઉગ્ગએ પુરિમડ્ઢ, અવડ્ઢ મુટ્ઠિસહિઅં, પચ્ચક્ખાઇ (પચ્ચક્ખામિ); ચઉવ્વિહં પિ આહારં, અસણં, પાણં, ખાઇમં, સાઇમં, અન્નત્થણાભોગેણં, સહસાગારેણં, પચ્છન્નકાલેણં, દિસામોહેણં, સાહુવયણેણં, મહત્તરાગારેણં, સવ્વસમાહિ-વત્તિયાગારેણં વોસિરઈ (વોસિરામિ).