Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 18 February 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.
2024-02-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1942° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
What Mrigashira is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downMrigashira is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Mrigashira is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
4.89° Kumbha
Chandra
24.73° Vrishabha
Mangala
9.66° Makara
Budha
26.98° Makara
Guru
15.26° Mesha
Shukra
7.79° Makara
Shani
14.29° Kumbha
Rahu
24.13° Meena
Ketu
24.13° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.