Panchang for Friday, 13 August 2027
| Tithi | Dwadashi |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Shukla |
| Nakshatra | Mula, pada 3 |
| Yoga | Vishkambha |
| Karana | Bava |
| Vara | Shukravara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:02 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 19:01 |
Today's tithi is Dwadashi, in the Shukla paksha, the waxing half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Mula nakshatra, pada 3. The vara is Shukravara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Vishkambha yoga and Bava karana.
Mula nakshatra
Mula is the nineteenth nakshatra, the first 13°20' of Dhanu (Sagittarius), ruled by Ketu, and its name means the root.
Its stars are the sting and tail of the Scorpion, curling down toward the horizon, and they sit near the direction of the centre of our galaxy, which is a coincidence the tradition could not have known and which readers usually enjoy. The symbol is a bunch of tied roots, pulled up rather than growing.
The deity is Nirriti, associated with dissolution and with what lies underneath, and the classical activity class is Tikshna, sharp. The gana is Rakshasa, meaning intense rather than wicked. Mula begins immediately after a gandanta junction, so the tradition asks for care at its opening degrees.
What the nakshatra describes is getting to the bottom of something, which is genuinely useful and genuinely disruptive, because roots hold things up as well as feed them. Investigation, research and the honest examination of a situation all sit here. The tradition names the cost plainly and leaves the decision about whether to dig with the person holding the spade.