Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 18 August 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.
2025-08-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2151° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Harshana
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
1.37° Simha
Chandra
28.44° Vrishabha
Mangala
12.88° Kanya
Budha
12.89° Karka
Guru
21.06° Mithuna
Shukra
26.97° Mithuna
Shani
6.67° Meena
Rahu
25.14° Kumbha
Ketu
25.14° Simha
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.