Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 19 July 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.
2025-07-19 · Ayanāṃśa 24.214° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shula
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Bharani is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneBharani 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.Bharani is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
2.64° Karka
Chandra
19.14° Mesha
Mangala
24.34° Simha
Budha
21.31° Karka
Guru
14.72° Mithuna
Shukra
22.15° Vrishabha
Shani
7.69° Meena
Rahu
26.73° Kumbha
Ketu
26.73° Simha
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 Bharani
jalamitrāryamāhīndranakṣatreṣu subhikṣakṛt / sacchastrāvṛṣṭido mūle 'hirbudhnyabhayorbhayam // narp_1,56.73 // śravaṇānilahtārdrābharaṇībhāgyameṣu ca / caratrchaiścaro nṝṇāṃ subhikṣārogyasyakṛt // narp_1,56.74 // mukhe caikaṃ gude dve ca trīṇi ke nayane dvayam /
siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama / ahirbudhnyaṃ pūrvaśasyaṃ paraśasyā ca revatī // narp_1,56.732 // bharaṇī sarvasasyā ca sarvanāśāya cāśvinī / guroḥ saptamarā tisthaḥ pratyaggo bhṛgujo yadā // narp_1,56.733 //