Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 16 April 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.
2026-04-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2243° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Shakuni
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Uttara Bhadrapada is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downUttara Bhadrapada is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
2.06° Mesha
Chandra
15.48° Meena
Mangala
10.79° Meena
Budha
7.39° Meena
Guru
22.87° Mithuna
Shukra
26.15° Mesha
Shani
13.20° Meena
Rahu
12.37° Kumbha
Ketu
12.37° Simha
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.