Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 21 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.
2023-12-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1919° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Revati is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inRevati is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Revati is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
4.92° Dhanu
Chandra
24.18° Meena
Mangala
25.21° Vrishchika
Budha
8.53° Dhanu
Guru
11.56° Mesha
Shukra
25.44° Tula
Shani
8.17° Kumbha
Rahu
27.25° Meena
Ketu
27.25° 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 Revati
ṣaṣṭī gurau tṛtīyā jñe 'ṣṭamī śukre śanaiścare / navamī pañcamī bhaume dagdhayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ // narp_1,56.246 // bharaṇyarkadine candre citrābhaumetu viśvabham / budhe śraviṣṭāryamabhe gurau jyeṣṭā bhṛgordine // narp_1,56.247 // revatī mandavāre tu grahajanmarkṣanāśanam /
budhe śraviṣṭāryamabhe gurau jyeṣṭā bhṛgordine // narp_1,56.247 // revatī mandavāre tu grahajanmarkṣanāśanam / viśākhādicaturvargamarkamarkavārādiṣu kramāt // narp_1,56.248 // utpātamṛtyukāraṇākhyasiddhiyogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / tithivārodbhavā neṣṭā yogā vārarkṣasaṃbhavāḥ // narp_1,56.249 //