Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 6 November 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.
2023-11-06 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1902° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shukla
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Ashlesha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneAshlesha 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.Ashlesha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.38° Tula
Chandra
29.32° Karka
Mangala
23.03° Tula
Budha
29.71° Tula
Guru
15.90° Mesha
Shukra
3.51° Kanya
Shani
6.33° Kumbha
Rahu
29.64° Meena
Ketu
29.64° Kanya
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 Ashlesha
divājātastu pitaraṃ rātrau tu jananīṃ tathā // narp_1,56.518 // ātmānaṃ saṃdhyayorhanti nāsti gaṇḍe viparyayaḥ / sutaḥ sutā vā niyataṃ śvasuraṃ hṝnti mūlajaḥ // narp_1,56.519 // tadantyapādajo naiva tathāśleṣādyapādajaḥ / jyeṣṭāntyapādajau jyeṣṭaṃ bālo hṝnti na bālikā // narp_1,56.520 //
tadantyapādajo naiva tathāśleṣādyapādajaḥ / jyeṣṭāntyapādajau jyeṣṭaṃ bālo hṝnti na bālikā // narp_1,56.520 // na bālikāṃbumūlarkṣe mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā / saindrī dhavāgrajaṃ hṝnti devaraṃ tu dvidaivajā // narp_1,56.521 // ārabhyodvāhadivasāt ṣaṣṭe vāpyaṣṭame dine /