Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 30 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.
2025-07-30 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2144° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddha
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Hasta is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itHasta is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Hasta is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
13.15° Karka
Chandra
18.37° Kanya
Mangala
1.02° Kanya
Budha
16.07° Karka
Guru
17.13° Mithuna
Shukra
4.75° Mithuna
Shani
7.48° Meena
Rahu
26.15° Kumbha
Ketu
26.15° 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 Hasta
gurudṛṣṭe tu dīrghāyuḥ paraṃ ca prāpyate punaḥ / pāpadṛṣṭe vidhaulagne 'stekuje tu vinaśyati // narp_1,55.81 // bhave kujārkyoḥ saṃdṛṣṭe parahastagataḥ sukhī / pāpedyatāyurbhavati māsaḥ sārthaiḥ parairapi // narp_1,55.82 // pitṛmātṛgehe janma tadadhīśabalānmune /
na ceddṛṣṭastadā mṛtyurjātasya bhavati dhruvam // narp_1,55.103 // kṣīṇe 'bje vyayage pāpairlagnāṣṭasthaiḥ śubhā na cet / kendreṣu vābjosaṃyuktaḥ smarāntyamṛtilagnagaḥ // narp_1,55.104 // kendrādyā hasta sankheṭairadṛṣṭo mṛtyudastathā / ṣaṣṭemebje 'sadṛṣṭesadyo mṛtyuḥ śubhekṣite // narp_1,55.105 //