Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 16 June 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.
2025-06-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2127° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Panchami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vishkambha
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Somavara
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
1.16° Mithuna
Chandra
29.36° Makara
Mangala
5.18° Simha
Budha
19.64° Mithuna
Guru
7.24° Mithuna
Shukra
16.04° Mesha
Shani
7.12° Meena
Rahu
28.48° Kumbha
Ketu
28.48° 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 →