Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 16 August 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.
2026-08-16 · Ayanāṃśa 24.229° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Sadhya
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
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
29.20° Karka
Chandra
14.73° Kanya
Mangala
9.01° Mithuna
Budha
17.45° Karka
Guru
16.10° Karka
Shukra
15.07° Kanya
Shani
20.17° Meena
Rahu
5.91° Kumbha
Ketu
5.91° 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 //