Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 4 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.
2023-01-04 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1785° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Trayodashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shukla
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Rohini is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downRohini is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.44° Dhanu
Chandra
19.90° Vrishabha
Mangala
14.44° Vrishabha
Budha
26.86° Dhanu
Guru
7.42° Meena
Shukra
7.30° Makara
Shani
28.57° Makara
Rahu
15.85° Mesha
Ketu
15.85° 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 Rohini
pitṛdvidaivadhātṝṇāṃ bhidyante gaṇḍatārakāḥ // narp_1,56.35 // durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ rogaṃ karoti kṣitijastadā / triṣūttarāsu rohiṇyāṃ nairṛte śravaṇe mṛge // narp_1,56.36 // avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 //
avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 // yāmyago 'niṣṭaphalado bhavedbhedakaro nṛṇām / vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ /