Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 5 October 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.
2023-10-05 · Ayanāṃśa 24.189° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Mrigashira is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downMrigashira is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Mrigashira is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
17.58° Kanya
Chandra
2.65° Mithuna
Mangala
1.17° Tula
Budha
6.28° Kanya
Guru
19.86° Mesha
Shukra
2.68° Simha
Shani
7.07° Kumbha
Rahu
1.33° Mesha
Ketu
1.33° Tula
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.