Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 3 January 2025
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.
2025-01-03 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2064° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vajra
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
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
18.92° Dhanu
Chandra
0.69° Kumbha
Mangala
6.94° Karka
Budha
28.65° Vrishchika
Guru
18.77° Vrishabha
Shukra
5.93° Kumbha
Shani
20.49° Kumbha
Rahu
7.17° Meena
Ketu
7.17° 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 →