Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 7 September 2029
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.
2029-09-07 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2718° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shiva
karana · Half-Tithi
Shakuni
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
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
20.66° Simha
Chandra
4.61° Simha
Mangala
24.89° Tula
Budha
6.39° Kanya
Guru
2.40° Tula
Shukra
2.06° Tula
Shani
0.75° Vrishabha
Rahu
6.66° Dhanu
Ketu
6.66° Mithuna
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 //