Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 6 November 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.
2029-11-06 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2741° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Pratipada
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Saubhagya
karana · Half-Tithi
Kimstughna
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Vishakha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneVishakha 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.Vishakha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.86° Tula
Chandra
21.11° Tula
Mangala
7.41° Dhanu
Budha
23.72° Tula
Guru
14.95° Tula
Shukra
6.38° Dhanu
Shani
27.85° Mesha
Rahu
3.48° Dhanu
Ketu
3.48° 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 Vishakha
āṣāḍhadvayamūlendradhiṣṇyānāṃ yāmyagaḥ śaśī // narp_1,56.20 // agnipradasteyacaravanasarpavināśakṛt / viśākhā mitrayoryāmyapārśvagaḥ pāpagaḥ śaśī // narp_1,56.21 // madhyamaḥ pitṛdaivatye dvidaive saimyagaḥ śaśī / aprāpyapauṣṇabhādrāmadukṣāviśaśī śubhaḥ // narp_1,56.22 //
candreśāditijīvāhipitaro bhagasaṃjñakaḥ / aryamārkatvaṣṭṛmarucchakrāgnimitravāsavaḥ // narp_1,56.169 // nairṛtyudakaviśvejagovindavasutoyapāḥ / ajaikapādahirbudhnyā pūṣā ceti prakīrtitāḥ // narp_1,56.170 // pūrvātrayaṃ madhāhyagniviśākhāya mamūlabham /