Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 25 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.
2024-08-25 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2014° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Dhruva
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
What Bharani is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneBharani 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.Bharani is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
8.35° Simha
Chandra
23.89° Mesha
Mangala
29.28° Vrishabha
Budha
28.05° Karka
Guru
23.99° Vrishabha
Shukra
0.55° Kanya
Shani
22.87° Kumbha
Rahu
14.11° Meena
Ketu
14.11° 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 Bharani
jalamitrāryamāhīndranakṣatreṣu subhikṣakṛt / sacchastrāvṛṣṭido mūle 'hirbudhnyabhayorbhayam // narp_1,56.73 // śravaṇānilahtārdrābharaṇībhāgyameṣu ca / caratrchaiścaro nṝṇāṃ subhikṣārogyasyakṛt // narp_1,56.74 // mukhe caikaṃ gude dve ca trīṇi ke nayane dvayam /
siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama / ahirbudhnyaṃ pūrvaśasyaṃ paraśasyā ca revatī // narp_1,56.732 // bharaṇī sarvasasyā ca sarvanāśāya cāśvinī / guroḥ saptamarā tisthaḥ pratyaggo bhṛgujo yadā // narp_1,56.733 //