Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 18 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.
2022-07-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.172° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shobhana
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
1.47° Karka
Chandra
3.10° Meena
Mangala
14.80° Mesha
Budha
3.18° Karka
Guru
14.36° Meena
Shukra
6.08° Mithuna
Shani
29.66° Makara
Rahu
24.86° Mesha
Ketu
24.86° Tula
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.