Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 2 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.
2025-05-02 · Ayanāṃśa 24.211° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Dhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Ardra is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneArdra is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
17.90° Mesha
Chandra
19.38° Mithuna
Mangala
11.97° Karka
Budha
23.06° Meena
Guru
27.41° Vrishabha
Shukra
6.68° Meena
Shani
3.77° Meena
Rahu
0.86° Meena
Ketu
0.86° 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 Ardra
vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ / vasuvaiṣṇavaviśvendudhātṛbheṣu caranbudhaḥ // narp_1,56.39 // bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 //
bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 // tadā durbhikṣakalaharogānāvṛṣṭibhītikṛt / hastādiṣaṭsu tārāsu vicarannindunandanaḥ // narp_1,56.41 // kṣemaṃ subhikṣamārogyaṃ kurute roganāśanam /