Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 8 March 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.
2028-03-08 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2508° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Atiganda
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Pushya is said to favour
an open day: the chapter puts no fence around itPushya is named as commended for all acts — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
23.96° Kumbha
Chandra
14.81° Karka
Mangala
26.72° Kumbha
Budha
28.77° Makara
Guru
28.91° Simha
Shukra
9.47° Mesha
Shani
1.42° Mesha
Rahu
5.70° Makara
Ketu
5.70° 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 Pushya
bhaumārkāṃśe sauradṛṣṭe candre vā dīkṣito bhavet // narp_1,55.213 // surūpo bhūṣitago 'śinyāṃ dakṣaḥ satyavacā yame / bahūbhugpadāragnau sthiradhīḥ priyavāktathā // narp_1,55.214 // brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 //
brāhmo dhanīmṛge bhogī raudre hiṃstraḥ śaṭho 'ghakṛt / dānto rogī śubho 'dityāṃ puṣyaryajanmā kaviḥ sukhī // narp_1,55.215 // dhūrtaḥ śaṭhaḥ kṛtaghno 'hau pāpaḥ sarvāśano bhavet / patre bhogī dhanī bhakto dātā priyavacā bhage // narp_1,55.216 // dhanī bhogīnaroryamarkṣe steno dhṛṣṭo ghṛṇī kare /