Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 22 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.
2026-08-22 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2292° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vishkambha
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
What Jyeshtha is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate oneJyeshtha is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Jyeshtha is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
4.98° Simha
Chandra
28.61° Vrishchika
Mangala
12.93° Mithuna
Budha
29.37° Karka
Guru
17.40° Karka
Shukra
20.64° Kanya
Shani
19.94° Meena
Rahu
5.59° Kumbha
Ketu
5.59° 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 Jyeshtha
svakulācāradharmajño mādhamāse tu phalgune / vidhijñaścārthavāṃścaitre vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ // narp_1,56.353 // vaiśāṣe dhanavānvendaśāstravidyāviśāradaḥ / upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃ varaḥ // narp_1,56.354 // śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā pañcamī tathā /
upanīto balāḍhyaśca jyeṣṭhe vidhividāṃ varaḥ // narp_1,56.354 // śuklapakṣe dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā pañcamī tathā / trayodaśī ca daśamī saptamī vratabandhane // narp_1,56.355 // śreṣṭhā tvekādaśī ṣaṣṭī dvādaśyanyāstu madhyamāḥ / kṛthaṣṇe dvitrīṣusaṃkhyāśca tithyo 'nyā hyatininditāḥ // narp_1,56.356 //