Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 21 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.
2025-05-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2117° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Navami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Shatabhisha is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inShatabhisha is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
6.25° Vrishabha
Chandra
16.00° Kumbha
Mangala
21.24° Karka
Budha
25.79° Mesha
Guru
1.41° Mithuna
Shukra
20.86° Meena
Shani
5.49° Meena
Rahu
29.86° Kumbha
Ketu
29.86° 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 Shatabhisha
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
garp_1,59.46 । garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā । śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ॥
Shatabhisha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →