Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 30 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.
2024-08-30 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2016° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyatipata
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Punarvasu is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itPunarvasu is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Punarvasu is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
13.18° Simha
Chandra
0.23° Karka
Mangala
2.40° Mithuna
Budha
27.34° Karka
Guru
24.62° Vrishabha
Shukra
6.67° Kanya
Shani
22.51° Kumbha
Rahu
13.85° Meena
Ketu
13.85° 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 Punarvasu
garp_1,59.2 । punarvasustathādityastiṣyaśca gurudaivataḥ । aśleṣāḥ sarpadevatyā maghāśca pitṛdevatāḥ ॥
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥