Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 4 December 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.
2023-12-04 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1913° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Magha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneMagha 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.Magha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
17.64° Vrishchika
Chandra
7.12° Simha
Mangala
12.85° Vrishchika
Budha
8.79° Dhanu
Guru
12.61° Mesha
Shukra
5.20° Tula
Shani
7.09° Kumbha
Rahu
28.16° Meena
Ketu
28.16° 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 Magha
vyādhyagnicauraśastrāstrabhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ bhavet / anāvṛṣṭiṃ bhūmnanibhaḥ karoti surapūjitaḥ // narp_1,56.58 // divādṛṣṭo nṛpavadhyāmayaṃvārāṣṭranāśanam / saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā /
saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā / durbhikṣāgnimarudbhītiḥ śarīraṃ krūrapīḍite // narp_1,56.60 // nābhyāṃ kṣuttṛṅbhayaṃ puṣye samyaṅmūlaphalakṣayaḥ / hṛdayeśasya nidhanaṃ śubhaṃ syātsaṃyutaiḥ śubhaiḥ // narp_1,56.61 //