Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 3 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.
2024-05-03 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1971° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Brahma
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Shatabhisha is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inShatabhisha is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.12° Mesha
Chandra
12.73° Kumbha
Mangala
7.82° Meena
Budha
24.14° Meena
Guru
0.46° Vrishabha
Shukra
10.47° Mesha
Shani
22.64° Kumbha
Rahu
20.15° Meena
Ketu
20.15° 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 Shatabhisha
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
garp_1,59.46 । garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā । śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ॥
Shatabhisha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →