Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 3 May 2028
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.
2028-05-03 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2529° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vriddhi
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Magha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneMagha 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.Magha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.10° Mesha
Chandra
4.50° Simha
Mangala
9.75° Mesha
Budha
9.01° Vrishabha
Guru
23.46° Simha
Shukra
24.32° Vrishabha
Shani
8.30° Mesha
Rahu
2.73° Makara
Ketu
2.73° 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 Magha
vyādhyagnicauraśastrāstrabhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ bhavet / anāvṛṣṭiṃ bhūmnanibhaḥ karoti surapūjitaḥ // narp_1,56.58 // divādṛṣṭo nṛpavadhyāmayaṃvārāṣṭranāśanam / saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā /
saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā / durbhikṣāgnimarudbhītiḥ śarīraṃ krūrapīḍite // narp_1,56.60 // nābhyāṃ kṣuttṛṅbhayaṃ puṣye samyaṅmūlaphalakṣayaḥ / hṛdayeśasya nidhanaṃ śubhaṃ syātsaṃyutaiḥ śubhaiḥ // narp_1,56.61 //