Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 2 March 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.
2024-03-02 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1947° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyaghata
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Vishakha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneVishakha 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.Vishakha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
17.97° Kumbha
Chandra
1.92° Vrishchika
Mangala
19.71° Makara
Budha
20.54° Kumbha
Guru
17.34° Mesha
Shukra
23.87° Makara
Shani
15.87° Kumbha
Rahu
23.44° Meena
Ketu
23.44° 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 Vishakha
āṣāḍhadvayamūlendradhiṣṇyānāṃ yāmyagaḥ śaśī // narp_1,56.20 // agnipradasteyacaravanasarpavināśakṛt / viśākhā mitrayoryāmyapārśvagaḥ pāpagaḥ śaśī // narp_1,56.21 // madhyamaḥ pitṛdaivatye dvidaive saimyagaḥ śaśī / aprāpyapauṣṇabhādrāmadukṣāviśaśī śubhaḥ // narp_1,56.22 //
candreśāditijīvāhipitaro bhagasaṃjñakaḥ / aryamārkatvaṣṭṛmarucchakrāgnimitravāsavaḥ // narp_1,56.169 // nairṛtyudakaviśvejagovindavasutoyapāḥ / ajaikapādahirbudhnyā pūṣā ceti prakīrtitāḥ // narp_1,56.170 // pūrvātrayaṃ madhāhyagniviśākhāya mamūlabham /