Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 1 May 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.
2025-05-01 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2109° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sukarma
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
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
16.93° Mesha
Chandra
5.26° Mithuna
Mangala
11.51° Karka
Budha
21.67° Meena
Guru
27.21° Vrishabha
Shukra
6.10° Meena
Shani
3.66° Meena
Rahu
0.92° Meena
Ketu
0.92° Kanya
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.