Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 31 December 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.
2025-12-31 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2203° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Krittika is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneKrittika 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.Krittika is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
15.61° Dhanu
Chandra
1.62° Vrishabha
Mangala
17.91° Dhanu
Budha
3.32° Dhanu
Guru
27.23° Mithuna
Shukra
14.07° Dhanu
Shani
1.90° Meena
Rahu
17.99° Kumbha
Ketu
17.99° 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 Krittika
vyādhyagnicauraśastrāstrabhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ bhavet / anāvṛṣṭiṃ bhūmnanibhaḥ karoti surapūjitaḥ // narp_1,56.58 // divādṛṣṭo nṛpavadhyāmayaṃvārāṣṭranāśanam / saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā /
saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā / durbhikṣāgnimarudbhītiḥ śarīraṃ krūrapīḍite // narp_1,56.60 // nābhyāṃ kṣuttṛṅbhayaṃ puṣye samyaṅmūlaphalakṣayaḥ / hṛdayeśasya nidhanaṃ śubhaṃ syātsaṃyutaiḥ śubhaiḥ // narp_1,56.61 //