Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 9 January 2030
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.
2030-01-09 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2765° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
24.76° Dhanu
Chandra
28.85° Kumbha
Mangala
26.93° Makara
Budha
7.45° Dhanu
Guru
27.70° Tula
Shukra
20.34° Dhanu
Shani
23.91° Mesha
Rahu
0.09° Dhanu
Ketu
0.09° Mithuna
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.