Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 20 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.
2023-12-20 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1919° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyatipata
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Uttara Bhadrapada is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downUttara Bhadrapada is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
3.90° Dhanu
Chandra
10.31° Meena
Mangala
24.47° Vrishchika
Budha
9.80° Dhanu
Guru
11.59° Mesha
Shukra
24.23° Tula
Shani
8.10° Kumbha
Rahu
27.31° Meena
Ketu
27.31° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.