Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 28 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.
2024-08-28 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2015° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vajra
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Mrigashira is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downMrigashira is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Mrigashira is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
11.25° Simha
Chandra
4.55° Mithuna
Mangala
1.16° Mithuna
Budha
27.23° Karka
Guru
24.38° Vrishabha
Shukra
4.22° Kanya
Shani
22.65° Kumbha
Rahu
13.95° Meena
Ketu
13.95° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.