Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 20 May 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.
2025-05-20 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2117° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Indra
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
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
5.29° Vrishabha
Chandra
2.45° Kumbha
Mangala
20.73° Karka
Budha
23.77° Mesha
Guru
1.20° Mithuna
Shukra
19.99° Meena
Shani
5.41° Meena
Rahu
29.91° Kumbha
Ketu
29.91° Simha
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 →