Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 13 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.
2023-05-13 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1834° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Indra
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
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
28.08° Mesha
Chandra
6.91° Kumbha
Mangala
1.64° Karka
Budha
11.80° Mesha
Guru
5.02° Mesha
Shukra
11.99° Mithuna
Shani
12.01° Kumbha
Rahu
9.02° Mesha
Ketu
9.02° 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 →