Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 16 March 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.
2023-03-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1812° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Purva Ashadha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Ashadha 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 Ashadha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
1.22° Meena
Chandra
16.64° Dhanu
Mangala
1.48° Mithuna
Budha
0.09° Meena
Guru
21.20° Meena
Shukra
5.01° Mesha
Shani
6.83° Kumbha
Rahu
12.09° Mesha
Ketu
12.09° 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 Purva Ashadha
stokavṛṣṭiranarghaḥ syādavṛṣṭiḥ sasyasaṃpadaḥ // narp_1,56.728 // ādrodayegrabhinnā cadbhavediti na saṃśayaḥ / candrejye jñetha vā śukre kendrenbītirvinaśyati // narp_1,56.729 // pūrvāṣāḍhā gato bhānurjīmūtaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / varṣatyārdrādimṛlāntaṃ pratyakṣaṃ pratyahaṃ tathā // narp_1,56.730 //
pūrvāṣāḍhā gato bhānurjīmūtaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / varṣatyārdrādimṛlāntaṃ pratyakṣaṃ pratyahaṃ tathā // narp_1,56.730 // vṛṣṭiścetpauṣṇabheṃ tasmāddaśarkṣeṣu na varṣati / siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama /
Purva Ashadha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →