Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 4 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.
2026-07-04 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2274° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Priti
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
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
18.09° Mithuna
Chandra
5.77° Kumbha
Mangala
9.65° Vrishabha
Budha
1.26° Karka
Guru
6.64° Karka
Shukra
29.66° Karka
Shani
20.09° Meena
Rahu
8.18° Kumbha
Ketu
8.18° 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 →