Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 12 August 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.
2023-08-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1869° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Harshana
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Ardra is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneArdra is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
25.13° Karka
Chandra
9.69° Mithuna
Mangala
26.10° Simha
Budha
22.34° Simha
Guru
20.51° Mesha
Shukra
27.03° Karka
Shani
10.77° Kumbha
Rahu
4.20° Mesha
Ketu
4.20° 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 Ardra
vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ / vasuvaiṣṇavaviśvendudhātṛbheṣu caranbudhaḥ // narp_1,56.39 // bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 //
bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 // tadā durbhikṣakalaharogānāvṛṣṭibhītikṛt / hastādiṣaṭsu tārāsu vicarannindunandanaḥ // narp_1,56.41 // kṣemaṃ subhikṣamārogyaṃ kurute roganāśanam /