Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 28 January 2028
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.
2028-01-28 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2493° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vyatipata
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
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
13.60° Makara
Chandra
1.30° Kumbha
Mangala
25.13° Makara
Budha
24.07° Makara
Guru
2.86° Kanya
Shukra
23.75° Kumbha
Shani
27.89° Meena
Rahu
7.82° Makara
Ketu
7.82° 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 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 →