Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 25 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.
2024-03-25 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1956° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Purnima
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vriddhi
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Hasta is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itHasta is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Hasta is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
10.90° Meena
Chandra
10.68° Kanya
Mangala
7.58° Kumbha
Budha
29.44° Meena
Guru
21.74° Mesha
Shukra
22.33° Kumbha
Shani
18.63° Kumbha
Rahu
22.22° Meena
Ketu
22.22° 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 Hasta
gurudṛṣṭe tu dīrghāyuḥ paraṃ ca prāpyate punaḥ / pāpadṛṣṭe vidhaulagne 'stekuje tu vinaśyati // narp_1,55.81 // bhave kujārkyoḥ saṃdṛṣṭe parahastagataḥ sukhī / pāpedyatāyurbhavati māsaḥ sārthaiḥ parairapi // narp_1,55.82 // pitṛmātṛgehe janma tadadhīśabalānmune /
na ceddṛṣṭastadā mṛtyurjātasya bhavati dhruvam // narp_1,55.103 // kṣīṇe 'bje vyayage pāpairlagnāṣṭasthaiḥ śubhā na cet / kendreṣu vābjosaṃyuktaḥ smarāntyamṛtilagnagaḥ // narp_1,55.104 // kendrādyā hasta sankheṭairadṛṣṭo mṛtyudastathā / ṣaṣṭemebje 'sadṛṣṭesadyo mṛtyuḥ śubhekṣite // narp_1,55.105 //