Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 5 January 2025
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.
2025-01-05 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2065° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada 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.Purva Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
20.96° Dhanu
Chandra
28.50° Kumbha
Mangala
6.23° Karka
Budha
1.36° Dhanu
Guru
18.58° Vrishabha
Shukra
8.04° Kumbha
Shani
20.65° Kumbha
Rahu
7.06° Meena
Ketu
7.06° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.