Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 16 August 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.
2022-08-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1731° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shula
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Revati is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inRevati is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Revati is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
29.22° Karka
Chandra
24.99° Meena
Mangala
3.42° Vrishabha
Budha
24.09° Simha
Guru
13.99° Meena
Shukra
11.33° Karka
Shani
27.61° Makara
Rahu
23.33° Mesha
Ketu
23.33° 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 Revati
ṣaṣṭī gurau tṛtīyā jñe 'ṣṭamī śukre śanaiścare / navamī pañcamī bhaume dagdhayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ // narp_1,56.246 // bharaṇyarkadine candre citrābhaumetu viśvabham / budhe śraviṣṭāryamabhe gurau jyeṣṭā bhṛgordine // narp_1,56.247 // revatī mandavāre tu grahajanmarkṣanāśanam /
budhe śraviṣṭāryamabhe gurau jyeṣṭā bhṛgordine // narp_1,56.247 // revatī mandavāre tu grahajanmarkṣanāśanam / viśākhādicaturvargamarkamarkavārādiṣu kramāt // narp_1,56.248 // utpātamṛtyukāraṇākhyasiddhiyogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / tithivārodbhavā neṣṭā yogā vārarkṣasaṃbhavāḥ // narp_1,56.249 //