Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 22 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.
2025-08-22 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2153° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Amavasya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Chatushpada
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Ashlesha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneAshlesha 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.Ashlesha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
5.22° Simha
Chandra
23.25° Karka
Mangala
15.43° Kanya
Budha
17.06° Karka
Guru
21.84° Mithuna
Shukra
1.72° Karka
Shani
6.44° Meena
Rahu
24.93° Kumbha
Ketu
24.93° 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 Ashlesha
divājātastu pitaraṃ rātrau tu jananīṃ tathā // narp_1,56.518 // ātmānaṃ saṃdhyayorhanti nāsti gaṇḍe viparyayaḥ / sutaḥ sutā vā niyataṃ śvasuraṃ hṝnti mūlajaḥ // narp_1,56.519 // tadantyapādajo naiva tathāśleṣādyapādajaḥ / jyeṣṭāntyapādajau jyeṣṭaṃ bālo hṝnti na bālikā // narp_1,56.520 //
tadantyapādajo naiva tathāśleṣādyapādajaḥ / jyeṣṭāntyapādajau jyeṣṭaṃ bālo hṝnti na bālikā // narp_1,56.520 // na bālikāṃbumūlarkṣe mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā / saindrī dhavāgrajaṃ hṝnti devaraṃ tu dvidaivajā // narp_1,56.521 // ārabhyodvāhadivasāt ṣaṣṭe vāpyaṣṭame dine /