Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 12 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.
2023-05-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1834° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shukla
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Shravana is said to favour
Agni Purāṇa 126 does not classify Shravana; no quality is claimed for it.
Where the grahas stood
Surya
27.11° Mesha
Chandra
22.71° Makara
Mangala
1.08° Karka
Budha
11.98° Mesha
Guru
4.79° Mesha
Shukra
10.91° Mithuna
Shani
11.96° Kumbha
Rahu
9.07° Mesha
Ketu
9.07° 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 Shravana
śṛṅgamanyatra udvācyaṃ balanāṅgulalekhanāt // narp_1,54.169 // pañcatve goṅkaviśikhāḥ śeṣakarṇahatāḥ pṛthak / vikṛjyakāṅgasiddhāgnibhaktālabdhonasaṃyutāḥ // narp_1,54.170 // trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt / ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyantaravibhājitam // narp_1,54.171 //
trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt / ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyantaravibhājitam // narp_1,54.171 // vakrartvorgatiyogāmaṃ gamyetīte dinādikam / khanatyāsaṃskṛtauvveṣūdaksāmyenyentaraṃ yutiḥ // narp_1,54.172 // yāmyodakkheṭavivaraṃ mānaukyāddholpakaṃ yadā /