Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 3 July 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.
2026-07-03 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2273° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vishkambha
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
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
17.14° Mithuna
Chandra
23.45° Makara
Mangala
8.94° Vrishabha
Budha
1.56° Karka
Guru
6.42° Karka
Shukra
28.54° Karka
Shani
20.05° Meena
Rahu
8.24° Kumbha
Ketu
8.24° 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 →