Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 17 January 2027
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.
2027-01-17 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2349° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
What Bharani is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneBharani 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.Bharani is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
2.67° Makara
Chandra
20.43° Mesha
Mangala
15.90° Simha
Budha
12.53° Makara
Guru
0.85° Simha
Shukra
16.34° Vrishchika
Shani
14.93° Meena
Rahu
27.74° Makara
Ketu
27.74° Karka
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 Bharani
jalamitrāryamāhīndranakṣatreṣu subhikṣakṛt / sacchastrāvṛṣṭido mūle 'hirbudhnyabhayorbhayam // narp_1,56.73 // śravaṇānilahtārdrābharaṇībhāgyameṣu ca / caratrchaiścaro nṝṇāṃ subhikṣārogyasyakṛt // narp_1,56.74 // mukhe caikaṃ gude dve ca trīṇi ke nayane dvayam /
siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama / ahirbudhnyaṃ pūrvaśasyaṃ paraśasyā ca revatī // narp_1,56.732 // bharaṇī sarvasasyā ca sarvanāśāya cāśvinī / guroḥ saptamarā tisthaḥ pratyaggo bhṛgujo yadā // narp_1,56.733 //