Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 15 January 2024
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.
2024-01-15 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1929° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
0.39° Makara
Chandra
22.36° Kumbha
Mangala
13.77° Dhanu
Budha
7.08° Dhanu
Guru
11.78° Mesha
Shukra
25.86° Vrishchika
Shani
10.42° Kumbha
Rahu
25.93° Meena
Ketu
25.93° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.