Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 21 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.
2027-01-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.235° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Ardra is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneArdra is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
6.74° Makara
Chandra
19.11° Mithuna
Mangala
15.44° Simha
Budha
19.27° Makara
Guru
0.41° Simha
Shukra
20.73° Vrishchika
Shani
15.20° Meena
Rahu
27.53° Makara
Ketu
27.53° 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 Ardra
vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ / vasuvaiṣṇavaviśvendudhātṛbheṣu caranbudhaḥ // narp_1,56.39 // bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 //
bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṅkaraḥ / ārdrādipitṛbhānteṣu dṛśyate yadi candrajaḥ // narp_1,56.40 // tadā durbhikṣakalaharogānāvṛṣṭibhītikṛt / hastādiṣaṭsu tārāsu vicarannindunandanaḥ // narp_1,56.41 // kṣemaṃ subhikṣamārogyaṃ kurute roganāśanam /