Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 10 February 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.
2029-02-10 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2638° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vajra
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Purva Ashadha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Ashadha 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 Ashadha is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
27.54° Makara
Chandra
21.13° Dhanu
Mangala
19.56° Kanya
Budha
1.83° Makara
Guru
3.16° Tula
Shukra
17.30° Makara
Shani
11.32° Mesha
Rahu
17.74° Dhanu
Ketu
17.74° 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 Purva Ashadha
stokavṛṣṭiranarghaḥ syādavṛṣṭiḥ sasyasaṃpadaḥ // narp_1,56.728 // ādrodayegrabhinnā cadbhavediti na saṃśayaḥ / candrejye jñetha vā śukre kendrenbītirvinaśyati // narp_1,56.729 // pūrvāṣāḍhā gato bhānurjīmūtaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / varṣatyārdrādimṛlāntaṃ pratyakṣaṃ pratyahaṃ tathā // narp_1,56.730 //
pūrvāṣāḍhā gato bhānurjīmūtaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ / varṣatyārdrādimṛlāntaṃ pratyakṣaṃ pratyahaṃ tathā // narp_1,56.730 // vṛṣṭiścetpauṣṇabheṃ tasmāddaśarkṣeṣu na varṣati / siṃhe bhinne kujo vṛṣṭirabhinne karkaṭe tathā // narp_1,56.731 // kanyodaye prabhinne cetsarvadā vṛṣṭiruttama /
Purva Ashadha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →