Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 28 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.
2022-12-28 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1782° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddhi
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Shatabhisha is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inShatabhisha is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
12.31° Dhanu
Chandra
19.55° Kumbha
Mangala
15.58° Vrishabha
Budha
0.06° Makara
Guru
6.58° Meena
Shukra
28.53° Dhanu
Shani
27.88° Makara
Rahu
16.23° Mesha
Ketu
16.23° 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 Shatabhisha
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
garp_1,59.46 । garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā । śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ॥
Shatabhisha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →