Porsi timing from Ratlam

For Ratlam, Porsi time for today (16 March 2026) is approximately:

> Around 9:39 am

Reason (so you can calculate for any day):

1. Find local sunrise time for Ratlam for that date.

- Today’s sunrise in Ratlam is about 6:39 am.

1. Porsi ≈ 1 prahar after sunrise, i.e. roughly 3 hours after sunrise.

- 6:39 am + 3 hours ≈ 9:39 am.

In Jain practice, you would keep complete upvās / no food or water till this time, then sit in one place, remember Navkar, and then take simple food or boiled water.

For more on what Porsi means and how it’s used in pachkhan, you can read here:

• Simple explanation of Porasi/Porsi
• Porsi nu Pachkhan details