Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 26 December 2025
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.
2025-12-26 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2201° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddhi
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
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
10.51° Dhanu
Chandra
21.64° Kumbha
Mangala
14.09° Dhanu
Budha
25.79° Vrishchika
Guru
27.87° Mithuna
Shukra
7.78° Dhanu
Shani
1.64° Meena
Rahu
18.25° Kumbha
Ketu
18.25° Simha
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.