Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 16 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.
2023-12-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1917° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyaghata
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Shravana is said to favour
Agni Purāṇa 126 does not classify Shravana; no quality is claimed for it.
Where the grahas stood
Surya
29.83° Vrishchika
Chandra
13.36° Makara
Mangala
21.55° Vrishchika
Budha
13.48° Dhanu
Guru
11.77° Mesha
Shukra
19.44° Tula
Shani
7.81° Kumbha
Rahu
27.52° Meena
Ketu
27.52° 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 Shravana
śṛṅgamanyatra udvācyaṃ balanāṅgulalekhanāt // narp_1,54.169 // pañcatve goṅkaviśikhāḥ śeṣakarṇahatāḥ pṛthak / vikṛjyakāṅgasiddhāgnibhaktālabdhonasaṃyutāḥ // narp_1,54.170 // trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt / ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyantaravibhājitam // narp_1,54.171 //
trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt / ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyantaravibhājitam // narp_1,54.171 // vakrartvorgatiyogāmaṃ gamyetīte dinādikam / khanatyāsaṃskṛtauvveṣūdaksāmyenyentaraṃ yutiḥ // narp_1,54.172 // yāmyodakkheṭavivaraṃ mānaukyāddholpakaṃ yadā /