Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 6 December 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.
2026-12-06 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2333° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Trayodashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Atiganda
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
What Swati is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inSwati is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it building, planting, raising a banner.Swati is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
19.90° Vrishchika
Chandra
19.16° Tula
Mangala
9.57° Simha
Budha
5.64° Vrishchika
Guru
2.72° Simha
Shukra
7.03° Tula
Shani
13.72° Meena
Rahu
29.97° Makara
Ketu
29.97° Karka
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 Swati
saumya mārge ca tisṛṣu caranvīthiṣu bhārgavaḥ / dhānyārthavṛṣṭisasyānāṃ paripūrti karoti hi // narp_1,56.67 // madhyamārge ca tisṛṣu sarvamapyadhamaṃ phalam / pūrvasyāṃ diśi meghastu śubhadaḥ pitṛpañcake // narp_1,56.68 // svātitraye paścimāyāṃ tasyāṃ śukrastathāvidhaḥ /
pūrvasyāṃ diśi meghastu śubhadaḥ pitṛpañcake // narp_1,56.68 // svātitraye paścimāyāṃ tasyāṃ śukrastathāvidhaḥ / viparīte tvanāvṛṣṭidṛdbudhasaṃyutaḥ // narp_1,56.69 // kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāmamāyāṃ ca yadā sitaḥ / undayāstamanaṃ yāti tadā jalamayī mahī // narp_1,56.70 //