Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 27 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.
2024-12-27 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2062° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Dhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Vishakha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneVishakha is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Vishakha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
11.79° Dhanu
Chandra
29.01° Tula
Mangala
9.14° Karka
Budha
19.93° Vrishchika
Guru
19.54° Vrishabha
Shukra
28.38° Makara
Shani
19.98° Kumbha
Rahu
7.54° Meena
Ketu
7.54° 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 Vishakha
āṣāḍhadvayamūlendradhiṣṇyānāṃ yāmyagaḥ śaśī // narp_1,56.20 // agnipradasteyacaravanasarpavināśakṛt / viśākhā mitrayoryāmyapārśvagaḥ pāpagaḥ śaśī // narp_1,56.21 // madhyamaḥ pitṛdaivatye dvidaive saimyagaḥ śaśī / aprāpyapauṣṇabhādrāmadukṣāviśaśī śubhaḥ // narp_1,56.22 //
candreśāditijīvāhipitaro bhagasaṃjñakaḥ / aryamārkatvaṣṭṛmarucchakrāgnimitravāsavaḥ // narp_1,56.169 // nairṛtyudakaviśvejagovindavasutoyapāḥ / ajaikapādahirbudhnyā pūṣā ceti prakīrtitāḥ // narp_1,56.170 // pūrvātrayaṃ madhāhyagniviśākhāya mamūlabham /