Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 14 August 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.
2027-08-14 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2429° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Trayodashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Priti
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Purva Ashadha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Ashadha 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.Purva Ashadha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
27.03° Karka
Chandra
24.04° Dhanu
Mangala
23.74° Kanya
Budha
0.01° Simha
Guru
9.76° Simha
Shukra
27.66° Karka
Shani
3.62° Mesha
Rahu
16.67° Makara
Ketu
16.67° 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 Purva Ashadha
stokavṛṣṭiranarghaḥ syādavṛṣṭiḥ sasyasaṃpadaḥ // narp_1,56.728 // ādrodayegrabhinnā cadbhavediti na saṃśayaḥ / candrejye jñetha vā śukre kendrenbītirvinaśyati // narp_1,56.729 // pūrvāṣāḍhā gato bhānurjīmūtaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / varṣatyārdrādimṛlāntaṃ pratyakṣaṃ pratyahaṃ tathā // narp_1,56.730 //
pūrvāṣāḍhā gato bhānurjīmūtaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / varṣatyārdrādimṛlāntaṃ pratyakṣaṃ pratyahaṃ tathā // narp_1,56.730 // vṛṣṭiścetpauṣṇabheṃ tasmāddaśarkṣeṣu na varṣati / siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama /
Purva Ashadha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →