Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 24 February 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.
2028-02-24 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2503° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturdashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Parigha
karana · Half-Tithi
Shakuni
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
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
10.92° Kumbha
Chandra
28.27° Makara
Mangala
16.48° Kumbha
Budha
14.31° Makara
Guru
0.52° Kanya
Shukra
25.14° Meena
Shani
0.07° Mesha
Rahu
6.39° Makara
Ketu
6.39° 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 →