Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 22 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.
2028-03-22 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2513° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Siddha
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
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
7.91° Meena
Chandra
25.19° Makara
Mangala
7.66° Meena
Budha
19.62° Kumbha
Guru
27.10° Simha
Shukra
23.95° Mesha
Shani
3.03° Mesha
Rahu
4.96° Makara
Ketu
4.96° 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 →