Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 24 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.
2024-10-24 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2037° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Pushya is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itPushya is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
7.13° Tula
Chandra
6.38° Karka
Mangala
1.66° Karka
Budha
22.00° Tula
Guru
26.76° Vrishabha
Shukra
13.60° Vrishchika
Shani
18.92° Kumbha
Rahu
10.93° Meena
Ketu
10.93° 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 Pushya
bhaumārkāṃśe sauradṛṣṭe candre vā dīkṣito bhavet // narp_1,55.213 // surūpo bhūṣitago 'śinyāṃ dakṣaḥ satyavacā yame / bahūbhugpadāragnau sthiradhīḥ priyavāktathā // narp_1,55.214 // brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 //
brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 // dhūrtaḥ śaṭhaḥ kṛtaghno 'hau pāpaḥ sarvāśano bhavet / patre bhogī dhanī bhakto dātā priyavacā bhage // narp_1,55.216 // dhanī bhogīnaroryamarkṣe steno dhṛṣṭo ghṛṇī kare /