The ☾︎ Moon right now

This is the sky itself: what the Moon is doing at this moment, and the same for everyone reading it. What it means for one particular chart is a different question, and the answer is further down.

tldr: Today, the Moon is in Purva Ashadha, the tithi is Panchami of Shukla Paksha, the vara is Shukravara.

The Moon Today, In Jyotish

The pañcāṅga, literally “five limbs”, is the traditional Indian almanac. Four of its five limbs depend only on where the Sun and Moon are, so they are the same everywhere on Earth at this moment. The fifth, the vara, runs sunrise to sunrise and so belongs to your own horizon.

• Nakshatra, Purva Ashadha, pada 1
  The Moon's lunar mansion. The sidereal zodiac is divided into 27 of them, so the Moon crosses about one a day, and each quarter of one is a pada. Purva Ashadha is symbolised by the winnowing fan, and is about invigoration, conviction, pride.
  Ruled by Venus, which is also the dasha lord it hands out in the Vimshottari cycle. Its deity is Apas: the cosmic waters; invincibility and purifying flow.
  Gana (temperament class): Manushya, human, balanced and worldly.
  Yoni (animal symbol, used for compatibility): Monkey, playful and inventive; restless and quick to learn.
  Nadi (constitutional channel): Madhya, Pitta (fire), warm and driven.

  Until 2:53pm on Saturday, when the Moon moves into Uttara Ashadha.

• Tithi, Panchami (Shukla Paksha, day 5 of 15)
  A tithi is a lunar day: the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun. Because that speed varies, a tithi runs anywhere from about 20 to 27 hours, which is why it drifts against the clock. This one falls in Shukla Paksha, the waxing fortnight, the Moon filling toward Full.
  It is a Purna — 'full' tithi: good for completion, ceremony and anything being brought to a finish.

  Until 5:54pm on Saturday, when Shashthi begins.

• Vara, Shukravara (Friday)
  The weekday, ruled by Shukra, Venus — love, beauty and pleasure. The Vedic day begins at sunrise, not midnight, so before dawn the vara is still yesterday's. This is the one limb that depends on where you are standing.
• Yoga, Dhriti (8 of 27)
  Not yoga the practice, and not the planetary combinations also called yogas: this is a division of the Sun's and Moon's longitudes added together, into 27 parts. 'steadiness': patience, and holding to a course

  Until 11:51pm on Friday, when Shoola begins.

• Karana, Bava
  Half a tithi. Eleven karanas cycle through the lunar month, seven that repeat and four fixed to the turn of the month. movable — 'the lion': good for beginnings and for anything meant to last

  Until 4:33am on Saturday.

No graha is vakri or asta today, and nothing changes rashi. The pañcāṅga above is the day.

Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal, the three windows of the day Jyotish treats as inauspicious for beginnings, are measured from your local sunrise and sunset, so they need a location. Sign in and they appear here for yours.