Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 21 October 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.
2024-10-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2036° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Parigha
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
4.15° Tula
Chandra
26.36° Vrishabha
Mangala
0.39° Karka
Budha
17.47° Tula
Guru
26.89° Vrishabha
Shukra
9.98° Vrishchika
Shani
19.04° Kumbha
Rahu
11.09° Meena
Ketu
11.09° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.