Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 4 February 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.
2022-02-04 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1657° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shiva
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Purva Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
21.24° Makara
Chandra
1.10° Meena
Mangala
13.66° Dhanu
Budha
0.21° Makara
Guru
13.80° Kumbha
Shukra
17.59° Dhanu
Shani
21.71° Makara
Rahu
3.55° Vrishabha
Ketu
3.55° Vrishchika
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.