Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 26 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.
2023-08-26 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1875° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vishkambha
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Mula is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itMula is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Mula is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
8.60° Simha
Chandra
1.96° Dhanu
Mangala
4.99° Kanya
Budha
27.38° Simha
Guru
21.25° Mesha
Shukra
19.56° Karka
Shani
9.73° Kumbha
Rahu
3.45° Mesha
Ketu
3.45° 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 Mula
śuddheddharoyadguṇaścabhājyāntyāttatphalaṃ mune // narp_1,54.15 // samāṅkato 'tho vargasyāttamevāhuḥ kṛtiṃ budhāḥ / antyāttu viṣamāttyaktvā kṛtiṃ mūlaṃnyasetpṛthak // narp_1,54.16 // dviguṇenāmunā bhakte phalaṃ mūle nyasetkramāt / tatkṛtiṃ ca tyajedvipra mūlena vibhajetpunaḥ // narp_1,54.17 //
dviguṇenāmunā bhakte phalaṃ mūle nyasetkramāt / tatkṛtiṃ ca tyajedvipra mūlena vibhajetpunaḥ // narp_1,54.17 // evaṃ muhurvargamūlaṃ jāyate ca munīśvara / samatryaṅkahatiḥ prokto ghanastatravidhiḥ pade // narp_1,54.18 // procyate viṣamaṃ tvādyaṃ same dve ca tataḥ param /