Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 16 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.
2025-05-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2115° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Mula is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itMula is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Mula is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
1.44° Vrishabha
Chandra
11.20° Dhanu
Mangala
18.72° Karka
Budha
16.02° Mesha
Guru
0.33° Mithuna
Shukra
16.64° Meena
Shani
5.07° Meena
Rahu
0.12° Meena
Ketu
0.12° 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 Mula
śuddheddharoyadguṇaścabhājyāntyāttatphalaṃ mune // narp_1,54.15 // samāṅkato 'tho vargasyāttamevāhuḥ kṛtiṃ budhāḥ / antyāttu viṣamāttyaktvā kṛtiṃ mūlaṃnyasetpṛthak // narp_1,54.16 // dviguṇenāmunā bhakte phalaṃ mūle nyasetkramāt / tatkṛtiṃ ca tyajedvipra mūlena vibhajetpunaḥ // narp_1,54.17 //
dviguṇenāmunā bhakte phalaṃ mūle nyasetkramāt / tatkṛtiṃ ca tyajedvipra mūlena vibhajetpunaḥ // narp_1,54.17 // evaṃ muhurvargamūlaṃ jāyate ca munīśvara / samatryaṅkahatiḥ prokto ghanastatravidhiḥ pade // narp_1,54.18 // procyate viṣamaṃ tvādyaṃ same dve ca tataḥ param /