Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 20 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.
2026-04-20 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2245° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Saubhagya
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Rohini is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downRohini is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
5.97° Mesha
Chandra
14.60° Vrishabha
Mangala
13.89° Meena
Budha
13.39° Meena
Guru
23.32° Mithuna
Shukra
1.03° Vrishabha
Shani
13.68° Meena
Rahu
12.16° Kumbha
Ketu
12.16° 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 Rohini
pitṛdvidaivadhātṝṇāṃ bhidyante gaṇḍatārakāḥ // narp_1,56.35 // durbhikṣaṃ maraṇaṃ rogaṃ karoti kṣitijastadā / triṣūttarāsu rohiṇyāṃ nairṛte śravaṇe mṛge // narp_1,56.36 // avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 //
avṛṣaaṭidaścaranbhaumo dakṣiṇerohiṇīsthitaḥ / bhūmijaḥ sarvadhiṣṇyānāmudagāmī śubhaghapradaḥ // narp_1,56.37 // yāmyago 'niṣṭaphalado bhavedbhedakaro nṛṇām / vinotpātena śaśinaḥ kadācinnodayaṃ vrajet // narp_1,56.38 // anāvṛṣṭāgnibhayakṛdanarthanṛpavigrahaṛ /