Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 18 January 2022
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.
2022-01-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1651° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Pratipada
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vishkambha
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Pushya is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itPushya is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
3.96° Makara
Chandra
7.08° Karka
Mangala
1.30° Dhanu
Budha
14.78° Makara
Guru
9.96° Kumbha
Shukra
19.44° Dhanu
Shani
19.69° Makara
Rahu
4.45° Vrishabha
Ketu
4.45° 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 Pushya
bhaumārkāṃśe sauradṛṣṭe candre vā dīkṣito bhavet // narp_1,55.213 // surūpo bhūṣitago 'śinyāṃ dakṣaḥ satyavacā yame / bahūbhugpadāragnau sthiradhīḥ priyavāktathā // narp_1,55.214 // brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 //
brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 // dhūrtaḥ śaṭhaḥ kṛtaghno 'hau pāpaḥ sarvāśano bhavet / patre bhogī dhanī bhakto dātā priyavacā bhage // narp_1,55.216 // dhanī bhogīnaroryamarkṣe steno dhṛṣṭo ghṛṇī kare /