Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 18 September 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.
2023-09-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1883° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Tritiya
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Indra
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Chitra is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneChitra 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 building, planting, raising a banner.Chitra is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
0.91° Kanya
Chandra
6.60° Tula
Mangala
19.89° Kanya
Budha
14.28° Simha
Guru
21.08° Mesha
Shukra
21.59° Karka
Shani
8.05° Kumbha
Rahu
2.24° Mesha
Ketu
2.24° 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 Chitra
nṛpādaḥ kīṭapaśavo balāḍhyāḥ kendragāḥ kramāt // narp_1,55.11 // kendrātparaṃ paṇapharamāpoklimamataḥ param / raktaḥ śvetaḥ śukanibhaḥ pāṭalo dhūmrapāṇḍurau // narp_1,55.12 // citraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pītapiṅgau babhruḥ svacchaḥ prabhākriyāt / sāmyāśākhyaplavatvaṃ syāddvitīye vaśirarkabhāt // narp_1,55.13 //
citraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pītapiṅgau babhruḥ svacchaḥ prabhākriyāt / sāmyāśākhyaplavatvaṃ syāddvitīye vaśirarkabhāt // narp_1,55.13 // kālātmārke manaścadraḥ kujaḥ satvaṃ vacobudhaḥ / jīvo jñānaṃ sukhaṃ śukraḥ kāmo duḥkhaṃ dineśajaḥ // narp_1,55.14 // nṛpau ravīndū netāsṛk kumāro jñaḥ kavījyakau /