Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 4 July 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.
2022-07-04 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1715° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddhi
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Purva Phalguni is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Phalguni 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 Phalguni is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
18.12° Mithuna
Chandra
15.01° Simha
Mangala
5.14° Mesha
Budha
3.90° Mithuna
Guru
13.58° Meena
Shukra
19.26° Vrishabha
Shani
0.40° Kumbha
Rahu
25.61° Mesha
Ketu
25.61° Tula
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 Purva Phalguni
aśleṣāḥ sarpadevatyā maghāśca pitṛdevatāḥ । garp_1,59.3 । bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ ॥
bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ । sāvitraśca tathā hastā citrā tvaṣṭā prakīrtitaḥ । garp_1,59.4 ॥
Purva Phalguni nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →