Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 11 December 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.
2024-12-11 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2055° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ekadashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Ashwini is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inAshwini is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Ashwini is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
25.50° Vrishchika
Chandra
0.12° Mesha
Mangala
11.84° Karka
Budha
14.09° Vrishchika
Guru
21.59° Vrishabha
Shukra
10.41° Makara
Shani
19.06° Kumbha
Rahu
8.39° Meena
Ketu
8.39° 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 Ashwini
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥