Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 21 August 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.
2024-08-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2013° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sukarma
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Purva Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
4.50° Simha
Chandra
25.51° Kumbha
Mangala
26.75° Vrishabha
Budha
0.59° Simha
Guru
23.45° Vrishabha
Shukra
25.64° Simha
Shani
23.16° Kumbha
Rahu
14.32° Meena
Ketu
14.32° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.