Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 17 December 2021
The five limbs of the day, computed from the real sky (sidereal, Lahiri ayanāṃśa, IST), beside what the Purāṇas actually say. Astronomy and cited scripture; never a forecast.
2021-12-17 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1639° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Rohini is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downRohini is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
1.36° Dhanu
Chandra
10.65° Vrishabha
Mangala
8.54° Vrishchika
Budha
11.38° Dhanu
Guru
3.69° Kumbha
Shukra
2.23° Makara
Shani
16.23° Makara
Rahu
6.15° Vrishabha
Ketu
6.15° Vrishchika
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.
What the texts say of Rohini
pitṛdvidaivadhātṝṇāṃ bhidyante gaṇḍatārakāḥ // narp_1,56.35 // durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ rogaṃ karoti kṣitijastadā / triṣūttarāsu rohiṇyāṃ nairṛte śravaṇe mṛge // narp_1,56.36 // avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 //
avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 // yāmyago 'niṣṭaphalado bhavedbhedakaro nṛṇām / vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ /