Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 19 March 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.
2023-03-19 · Ayanāṃśa 24.1813° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Trayodashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddha
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
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
4.21° Meena
Chandra
0.44° Kumbha
Mangala
2.86° Mithuna
Budha
5.99° Meena
Guru
21.90° Meena
Shukra
8.63° Mesha
Shani
7.17° Kumbha
Rahu
11.93° Mesha
Ketu
11.93° 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 →