Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 23 January 2023
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.
2023-01-23 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1792° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyatipata
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
8.79° Makara
Chandra
28.83° Makara
Mangala
14.61° Vrishabha
Budha
15.33° Dhanu
Guru
10.30° Meena
Shukra
1.04° Kumbha
Shani
0.65° Kumbha
Rahu
14.85° Mesha
Ketu
14.85° 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 →