Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 27 December 2022
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.
2022-12-27 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1782° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vajra
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Dhanishtha is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inDhanishtha is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
11.29° Dhanu
Chandra
5.18° Kumbha
Mangala
15.79° Vrishabha
Budha
29.78° Dhanu
Guru
6.47° Meena
Shukra
27.28° Dhanu
Shani
27.78° Makara
Rahu
16.28° Mesha
Ketu
16.28° Tula
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 Dhanishtha
brāhmaścaivābhijitproktaḥ śravaṇā vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ । garp_1,59.7 । vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ ॥
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
Dhanishtha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →