RAS & BAL details in various months as per Charak-Samhita

While working on next project of a Wellness-manual, one referred to Charak Samhita and found some interesting things in there. A few of those are being shared below as they can be quite useful for all the readers.

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Indian month          Aghan    Paush    Magh    Phalgun     Chiatra    Vaishakh
                                    (Hemant)                (Shishir)                   (Spring)

English month        Nov       Dec         Jan      Feb             March     April          
                                 -Dec      -Jan        -Feb    -Mar             -April   -May
Power of Sun           Least                    Complete               towards Maximum

Power of Moon       Max.                     Less                        Decreasing

Swabhav of Earth   Snigdhtam           Dry                           towards increasing dryness 

Increase in the         Madhur                Tikt                          Kshaya
particular ras

Body strength           Maximum           Powerful                  Medium                

Doshas

Increase                      Kaph                      xxxx                         xxxx

Imbalance                   xxxx                       xxxx                         Kaph

Reduction                    Pitt                         xxxx                         xxxx
/ removal

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Indian month             Grishm                 Varsha                      Sharad

English month            Summers              Rains                       Autumn
                                     May    June         Jly     Aug               Sep     Oct
                                     -june   -july         -Aug  -Sep              -Oct    -Nov
Power of Sun              Maximium              Less                        Least

Power of Moon           Least                      Complete                Increasing      

Swabhav of Earth      Completely dry      Snigdh                    Snigdhtar

Increase in the            Katu                        Amal                       Salty
particular ras

Body strength             Minimum                Minimum              Medium

Doshas

Increase                      Vaat                            Pit                          xxxx

Imbalance                    xxxx                          Vaat                         Pit

Reduction                    Kaph                          xxxx                       Vaat
/removal

Shishir, Vasant, Grish are called Adaankaal; Varsha, Sharad, Hemant are called Visargkaal.

Adaankall is that when Sun travels into Uttarayan; Visargkaal is that in which it travels towards Dakshinayan.

Three humors are mentioned in Ayurveda generally regarding health, which are Vaat, Pitt and Kaph.

Vaat :-

Attributes: Dry, Cold, Light, Subtle, Moving, Vishad, Khar.

Opposites: Wet, Hot, Heavy, Gross, Stable, Pichchal, reduced by Shalakshan.

During winters, wind humor increases while in warm weather it gets reduced.

Pitt:-

Attributes: Less moisture, Warm, Tikshan, Liquid, Amla, Spreads, Katu.

Opposites: Completely Snigdh, Cold, Mridu, Sandra, Stable, Madhur, Kashaya, Tikt.

It gets shant with the help of snehyukt milk and ghee.

Kaph:-  

Attributes: Heavy, Cool, Mridu, Snigdh, Madhur, Sthir, Pichal.

Opposites: Laghu, Warm, Tikshan, Dry, Katu, Tikt, Kashay, Ras, Sar, Vishad.

In the period prior(Rainy season) to Visargkaal and post(Summer season) to Adaankaal our body's power reduces.

In the period in between (Sharad and Vasant) our body's power is medium.

In the period at the end(Hemant) of Visargkaal and prior to Adaankal, our body's strength is maximum.
Hope the following units of measuremen will also be useful for the readers having interest in such things.

As per Sushrut Samhita, time to pronounce a laghu akshar is = 1 nimesh.

15 Nimesh                            =       1 Kashtha

30 Kashtha                           =        1 Kala

20 1/10 Kala                         =       1  Muhurt

30 Muhurt                             =       1  Day & Night

15 Day & Night                    =       1 Paksh
1 Prasth                                 =       700 gms (as per Kautilya)
1 Kuduv (for soups)              =        175 ml. (as per Kautilya)

      ,,       ( for dry things)      =        180 gm (as per Kautilya)

      ,,       ( for ghee or oil)     =        160 mg (as per Kautilya)

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