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Panchang — Monday, 30 March 2026

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.

2026-03-30 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2237° (Lahiri) · sidereal

tithi · Lunar Day

Trayodashi

shukla pakṣa

nakshatra · Lunar Mansion

Magha

yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga

Shula

karana · Half-Tithi

Kaulava

vara · Weekday

Somavara

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

15.34° Meena

Chandra

11.80° Simha

Mangala

27.54° Kumbha

Budha

18.10° Kumbha

Guru

21.45° Mithuna

Shukra

5.29° Mesha

Shani

11.11° Meena

Rahu

13.27° Kumbha

Ketu

13.27° Simha

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 /
— narada-0-3726
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 //
— narada-0-3727

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