Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 17 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.
2024-03-17 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1953° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Ayushman
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
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
2.96° Meena
Chandra
4.11° Mithuna
Mangala
1.35° Kumbha
Budha
18.77° Meena
Guru
20.12° Mesha
Shukra
12.44° Kumbha
Shani
17.69° Kumbha
Rahu
22.64° Meena
Ketu
22.64° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.