Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 18 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.
2024-01-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.193° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddha
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Ashwini is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inAshwini 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.Ashwini is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
3.45° Makara
Chandra
4.84° Mesha
Mangala
16.03° Dhanu
Budha
10.62° Dhanu
Guru
11.95° Mesha
Shukra
29.54° Vrishchika
Shani
10.73° Kumbha
Rahu
25.77° Meena
Ketu
25.77° 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 Ashwini
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥