Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 1 May 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.
2024-05-01 · Ayanāṃśa 24.197° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shubha
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Shravana is said to favour
Agni Purāṇa 126 does not classify Shravana; no quality is claimed for it.
Where the grahas stood
Surya
17.18° Mesha
Chandra
14.51° Makara
Mangala
6.28° Meena
Budha
23.10° Meena
Guru
29.99° Mesha
Shukra
8.01° Mesha
Shani
22.46° Kumbha
Rahu
20.26° Meena
Ketu
20.26° 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 Shravana
śṛṅgamanyatra udvācyaṃ balanāṅgulalekhanāt // narp_1,54.169 // pañcatve goṅkaviśikhāḥ śeṣakarṇahatāḥ pṛthak / vikṛjyakāṅgasiddhāgnibhaktālabdhonasaṃyutāḥ // narp_1,54.170 // trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt / ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyantaravibhājitam // narp_1,54.171 //
trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt / ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyantaravibhājitam // narp_1,54.171 // vakrartvorgatiyogāmaṃ gamyetīte dinādikam / khanatyāsaṃskṛtauvveṣūdaksāmyenyentaraṃ yutiḥ // narp_1,54.172 // yāmyodakkheṭavivaraṃ mānaukyāddholpakaṃ yadā /