Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 3 April 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.
2026-04-03 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2238° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyaghata
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Chitra is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneChitra 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 building, planting, raising a banner.Chitra is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.29° Meena
Chandra
2.85° Tula
Mangala
0.67° Meena
Budha
21.53° Kumbha
Guru
21.71° Mithuna
Shukra
10.21° Mesha
Shani
11.61° Meena
Rahu
13.06° Kumbha
Ketu
13.06° 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 Chitra
nṛpādaḥ kīṭapaśavo balāḍhyāḥ kendragāḥ kramāt // narp_1,55.11 // kendrātparaṃ paṇapharamāpoklimamataḥ param / raktaḥ śvetaḥ śukanibhaḥ pāṭalo dhūmrapāṇḍurau // narp_1,55.12 // citraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pītapiṅgau babhruḥ svacchaḥ prabhākriyāt / sāmyāśākhyaplavatvaṃ syāddvitīye vaśirarkabhāt // narp_1,55.13 //
citraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pītapiṅgau babhruḥ svacchaḥ prabhākriyāt / sāmyāśākhyaplavatvaṃ syāddvitīye vaśirarkabhāt // narp_1,55.13 // kālātmārke manaścadraḥ kujaḥ satvaṃ vacobudhaḥ / jīvo jñānaṃ sukhaṃ śukraḥ kāmo duḥkhaṃ dineśajaḥ // narp_1,55.14 // nṛpau ravīndū netāsṛk kumāro jñaḥ kavījyakau /