Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 12 October 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.
2022-10-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1753° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Tritiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vajra
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Bharani is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneBharani 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.Bharani is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
24.74° Kanya
Chandra
23.92° Mesha
Mangala
29.19° Vrishabha
Budha
7.46° Kanya
Guru
7.51° Meena
Shukra
21.99° Kanya
Shani
24.51° Makara
Rahu
20.31° Mesha
Ketu
20.31° 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 Bharani
jalamitrāryamāhīndranakṣatreṣu subhikṣakṛt / sacchastrāvṛṣṭido mūle 'hirbudhnyabhayorbhayam // narp_1,56.73 // śravaṇānilahtārdrābharaṇībhāgyameṣu ca / caratrchaiścaro nṝṇāṃ subhikṣārogyasyakṛt // narp_1,56.74 // mukhe caikaṃ gude dve ca trīṇi ke nayane dvayam /
siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama / ahirbudhnyaṃ pūrvaśasyaṃ paraśasyā ca revatī // narp_1,56.732 // bharaṇī sarvasasyā ca sarvanāśāya cāśvinī / guroḥ saptamarā tisthaḥ pratyaggo bhṛgujo yadā // narp_1,56.733 //