Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 4 May 2026
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.
2026-05-04 · Ayanāṃśa 24.225° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Tritiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Parigha
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Jyeshtha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneJyeshtha 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 building, planting, raising a banner.Jyeshtha is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.59° Mesha
Chandra
17.68° Vrishchika
Mangala
24.65° Meena
Budha
8.01° Mesha
Guru
25.16° Mithuna
Shukra
18.02° Vrishabha
Shani
15.29° Meena
Rahu
11.42° Kumbha
Ketu
11.42° 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 Jyeshtha
svakulācāradharmajño mādhamāse tu phalgune / vidhijñaścārthavāṃścaitre vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ // narp_1,56.353 // vaiśāṣe dhanavānvendaśāstravidyāviśāradaḥ / upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃ varaḥ // narp_1,56.354 // śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā pañcamī tathā /
upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃ varaḥ // narp_1,56.354 // śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā pañcamī tathā / trayodaśī ca daśamī saptamī vratabandhane // narp_1,56.355 // śreṣṭhā tvekādaśī ṣaṣṭī dvādaśyanyāstu madhyamāḥ / kṛthaṣṇe dvitrīṣusaṃkhyāśca tithyo 'nyā hyatininditāḥ // narp_1,56.356 //