ntpq: read: connection refused code example

Example: ntpq: read: connection refused

#First check ntpstat
ntpstat

#if it says "Unable to talk to NTP daemon. Is it running?, do
systemctl status ntp

#it will show as inactive (dead), do
systemctl restart ntp

#no output, do
ntpstat

#it will say "unsynchronised polling server every <some number> s", do
systemctl start ntp

#Solved
#for creating a symlink, do
sudo systemctl enable ntp