Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 18 September 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.
2026-09-18 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2303° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Priti
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
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
1.15° Kanya
Chandra
24.68° Vrishchika
Mangala
29.89° Mithuna
Budha
18.08° Kanya
Guru
22.98° Karka
Shukra
10.34° Tula
Shani
18.32° Meena
Rahu
4.16° Kumbha
Ketu
4.16° 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 //