Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 21 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.
2024-05-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1977° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Trayodashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyatipata
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Swati is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inSwati is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Swati is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
6.50° Vrishabha
Chandra
9.83° Tula
Mangala
21.58° Meena
Budha
13.35° Mesha
Guru
4.70° Vrishabha
Shukra
2.63° Vrishabha
Shani
23.96° Kumbha
Rahu
19.20° Meena
Ketu
19.20° 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 Swati
saumya mārge ca tisṛṣu caranvīthiṣu bhārgavaḥ / dhānyārthavṛṣṭisasyānāṃ paripūrti karoti hi // narp_1,56.67 // madhyamārge ca tisṛṣu sarvamapyadhamaṃ phalam / pūrvasyāṃ diśi meghastu śubhadaḥ pitṛpañcake // narp_1,56.68 // svātitraye paścimāyāṃ tasyāṃ śukrastathāvidhaḥ /
pūrvasyāṃ diśi meghastu śubhadaḥ pitṛpañcake // narp_1,56.68 // svātitraye paścimāyāṃ tasyāṃ śukrastathāvidhaḥ / viparīte tvanāvṛṣṭidṛdbudhasaṃyutaḥ // narp_1,56.69 // kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāmamāyāṃ ca yadā sitaḥ / undayāstamanaṃ yāti tadā jalamayī mahī // narp_1,56.70 //