Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 20 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.
2023-03-20 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1814° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Shatabhisha is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inShatabhisha is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
5.20° Meena
Chandra
15.28° Kumbha
Mangala
3.33° Mithuna
Budha
7.99° Meena
Guru
22.14° Meena
Shukra
9.83° Mesha
Shani
7.28° Kumbha
Rahu
11.88° Mesha
Ketu
11.88° 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 Shatabhisha
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
garp_1,59.46 । garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā । śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ॥
Shatabhisha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →