Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 31 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.
2026-07-31 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2284° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Saubhagya
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
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
13.86° Karka
Chandra
2.79° Kumbha
Mangala
28.35° Vrishabha
Budha
24.73° Mithuna
Guru
12.57° Karka
Shukra
29.07° Simha
Shani
20.50° Meena
Rahu
6.75° Kumbha
Ketu
6.75° 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 →