Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 18 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.
2023-08-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1872° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shiva
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Purva Phalguni is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Phalguni 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 digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Purva Phalguni is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
0.90° Simha
Chandra
21.25° Simha
Mangala
29.89° Simha
Budha
26.32° Simha
Guru
20.90° Mesha
Shukra
23.37° Karka
Shani
10.33° Kumbha
Rahu
3.88° Mesha
Ketu
3.88° 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 Purva Phalguni
aśleṣāḥ sarpadevatyā maghāśca pitṛdevatāḥ । garp_1,59.3 । bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ ॥
bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ । sāvitraśca tathā hastā citrā tvaṣṭā prakīrtitaḥ । garp_1,59.4 ॥
Purva Phalguni nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →