Samanya Jain Panchang ki baat karte hain:

• Panchang ya 'panchangika' dincharya mein chaar yogya tattva shamil hote hain: tithi (lunar day), var/vaish, nakshatra, yoga, karan. Inhi ke aadhar par din ke anukul dharmic kriyaen tai ki jati hain.
• Digambar aur Shwetambar traditions mein kuch tithi-ginti aur vyakhya mein antar hota hai. Isliye kisi vishesh tithi ya vrata ki jaankari lete waqt tradition ko dhyan me rakhna zaruri hota hai.
• “8 koti” ya “nani paksh” jaise shabd Jain dharma granthon ya lok-prayujeeya samanya shabdon ki tarah lagte hain, lekin inka sahi arth aur prachin shabdik vyakhya paksh ke hisaab se alag ho sakta hai. Agar aap kisi khaas sutra, stotra ya panchang-sutra ki baat kar rahe hain, to uska asli arth spasht roop se batane ke liye mujhe uska sandarbh (sutra ya stotra ka naam) chahiye hoga.

Aap chahein to:

• Batayein ki aap kis panchang ke sandarbh me puchh rahe hain (udaharan ke liye: kis tithi ki jagah, kaun sa paksh, ya kaun sa vrata).
• Ya agar aap kisi vishesh Digambar/Shwetambar vyakhya ya granth ka ullekh de den, to main uske anuroop spasht arth aur fark batakar sahayata karunga.

Dhyan rahe: Jain dharma ki mool kavitaen aur arth hamesha shuddh aur paramparik tattvon par adharit hote hain, jisme vrat, upvas, bikhu-vridhi aur muni-utsav jaise karyakram sammilit hote hain.