Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 19 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.
2023-12-19 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1919° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddhi
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada 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.Purva Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
2.88° Dhanu
Chandra
26.27° Kumbha
Mangala
23.74° Vrishchika
Budha
10.96° Dhanu
Guru
11.63° Mesha
Shukra
23.03° Tula
Shani
8.02° Kumbha
Rahu
27.36° Meena
Ketu
27.36° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.