Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Monday, 22 June 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.
2026-06-22 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2269° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Variyana
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Somavara
What Hasta is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itHasta is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Hasta is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
6.65° Mithuna
Chandra
10.86° Kanya
Mangala
1.08° Vrishabha
Budha
29.92° Mithuna
Guru
4.09° Karka
Shukra
15.99° Karka
Shani
19.53° Meena
Rahu
8.82° Kumbha
Ketu
8.82° 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 Hasta
gurudṛṣṭe tu dīrghāyuḥ paraṃ ca prāpyate punaḥ / pāpadṛṣṭe vidhaulagne 'stekuje tu vinaśyati // narp_1,55.81 // bhave kujārkyoḥ saṃdṛṣṭe parahastagataḥ sukhī / pāpedyatāyurbhavati māsaḥ sārthaiḥ parairapi // narp_1,55.82 // pitṛmātṛgehe janma tadadhīśabalānmune /
na ceddṛṣṭastadā mṛtyurjātasya bhavati dhruvam // narp_1,55.103 // kṣīṇe 'bje vyayage pāpairlagnāṣṭasthaiḥ śubhā na cet / kendreṣu vābjosaṃyuktaḥ smarāntyamṛtilagnagaḥ // narp_1,55.104 // kendrādyā hasta sankheṭairadṛṣṭo mṛtyudastathā / ṣaṣṭemebje 'sadṛṣṭesadyo mṛtyuḥ śubhekṣite // narp_1,55.105 //