Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 29 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.
2023-12-29 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1922° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Tritiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Pushya is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itPushya is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
13.07° Dhanu
Chandra
8.94° Karka
Mangala
1.10° Dhanu
Budha
29.22° Vrishchika
Guru
11.39° Mesha
Shukra
5.11° Vrishchika
Shani
8.81° Kumbha
Rahu
26.83° Meena
Ketu
26.83° 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 Pushya
bhaumārkāṃśe sauradṛṣṭe candre vā dīkṣito bhavet // narp_1,55.213 // surūpo bhūṣitago 'śinyāṃ dakṣaḥ satyavacā yame / bahūbhugpadāragnau sthiradhīḥ priyavāktathā // narp_1,55.214 // brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 //
brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 // dhūrtaḥ śaṭhaḥ kṛtaghno 'hau pāpaḥ sarvāśano bhavet / patre bhogī dhanī bhakto dātā priyavacā bhage // narp_1,55.216 // dhanī bhogīnaroryamarkṣe steno dhṛṣṭo ghṛṇī kare /