Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 18 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.
2024-03-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1953° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Saubhagya
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Ardra is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneArdra is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
3.96° Meena
Chandra
16.78° Mithuna
Mangala
2.13° Kumbha
Budha
20.40° Meena
Guru
20.32° Mesha
Shukra
13.68° Kumbha
Shani
17.81° Kumbha
Rahu
22.59° Meena
Ketu
22.59° 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 Ardra
vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ / vasuvaiṣṇavaviśvendudhātṛbheṣu caranbudhaḥ // narp_1,56.39 // bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 //
bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 // tadā durbhikṣakalaharogānāvṛṣṭibhītikṛt / hastādiṣaṭsu tārāsu vicarannindunandanaḥ // narp_1,56.41 // kṣemaṃ subhikṣamārogyaṃ kurute roganāśanam /