Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 20 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.
2023-05-20 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1837° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Pratipada
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Atiganda
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Rohini is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downRohini is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
4.83° Vrishabha
Chandra
12.12° Vrishabha
Mangala
5.60° Karka
Budha
12.67° Mesha
Guru
6.62° Mesha
Shukra
19.44° Mithuna
Shani
12.37° Kumbha
Rahu
8.65° Mesha
Ketu
8.65° 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 Rohini
pitṛdvidaivadhātṝṇāṃ bhidyante gaṇḍatārakāḥ // narp_1,56.35 // durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ rogaṃ karoti kṣitijastadā / triṣūttarāsu rohiṇyāṃ nairṛte śravaṇe mṛge // narp_1,56.36 // avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 //
avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 // yāmyago 'niṣṭaphalado bhavedbhedakaro nṛṇām / vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ /