Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 17 April 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.
2023-04-17 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1824° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Brahma
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
2.81° Mesha
Chandra
24.71° Kumbha
Mangala
17.40° Mithuna
Budha
20.60° Mesha
Guru
28.86° Meena
Shukra
12.86° Vrishabha
Shani
10.11° Kumbha
Rahu
10.40° Mesha
Ketu
10.40° Tula
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.