Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 8 May 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.
2023-05-08 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1833° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Tritiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shiva
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Jyeshtha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneJyeshtha 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 building, planting, raising a banner.Jyeshtha is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
23.24° Mesha
Chandra
25.79° Vrishchika
Mangala
28.84° Mithuna
Budha
13.40° Mesha
Guru
3.86° Mesha
Shukra
6.55° Mithuna
Shani
11.71° Kumbha
Rahu
9.28° Mesha
Ketu
9.28° 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 Jyeshtha
svakulācāradharmajño mādhamāse tu phalgune / vidhijñaścārthavāṃścaitre vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ // narp_1,56.353 // vaiśāṣe dhanavānvendaśāstravidyāviśāradaḥ / upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃ varaḥ // narp_1,56.354 // śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā pañcamī tathā /
upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃ varaḥ // narp_1,56.354 // śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā pañcamī tathā / trayodaśī ca daśamī saptamī vratabandhane // narp_1,56.355 // śreṣṭhā tvekādaśī ṣaṣṭī dvādaśyanyāstu madhyamāḥ / kṛthaṣṇe dvitrīṣusaṃkhyāśca tithyo 'nyā hyatininditāḥ // narp_1,56.356 //