Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 12 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.
2030-01-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2766° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddha
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Ashwini is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inAshwini is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Ashwini is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
27.82° Dhanu
Chandra
5.26° Mesha
Mangala
29.30° Makara
Budha
7.24° Dhanu
Guru
28.18° Tula
Shukra
18.63° Dhanu
Shani
23.86° Mesha
Rahu
29.93° Vrishchika
Ketu
29.93° Vrishabha
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 Ashwini
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥