Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 1 January 2023
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.
2023-01-01 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1784° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddha
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
What Ashwini is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inAshwini 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.Ashwini is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
16.38° Dhanu
Chandra
12.90° Mesha
Mangala
14.84° Vrishabha
Budha
29.38° Dhanu
Guru
7.05° Meena
Shukra
3.54° Makara
Shani
28.27° Makara
Rahu
16.01° Mesha
Ketu
16.01° 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 Ashwini
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥