Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 23 July 2024
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.
2024-07-23 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2002° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Tritiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Ayushman
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
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
6.70° Karka
Chandra
1.62° Kumbha
Mangala
7.46° Vrishabha
Budha
3.59° Simha
Guru
18.58° Vrishabha
Shukra
20.04° Karka
Shani
24.78° Kumbha
Rahu
15.86° Meena
Ketu
15.86° Kanya
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 →