Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 21 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.
2023-03-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1814° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Amavasya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shubha
karana · Half-Tithi
Chatushpada
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
6.20° Meena
Chandra
0.02° Meena
Mangala
3.80° Mithuna
Budha
9.99° Meena
Guru
22.37° Meena
Shukra
11.03° Mesha
Shani
7.39° Kumbha
Rahu
11.83° Mesha
Ketu
11.83° Tula
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.