Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 17 March 2026
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.
2026-03-17 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2232° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
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
2.45° Meena
Chandra
9.79° Kumbha
Mangala
17.34° Kumbha
Budha
14.91° Kumbha
Guru
20.93° Mithuna
Shukra
19.22° Meena
Shani
9.49° Meena
Rahu
13.96° Kumbha
Ketu
13.96° 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 →