Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 28 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.
2028-03-28 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2516° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dwitiya
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vaidhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Ashwini is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inAshwini 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.Ashwini is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
13.86° Meena
Chandra
7.35° Mesha
Mangala
12.32° Meena
Budha
29.87° Kumbha
Guru
26.36° Simha
Shukra
29.75° Mesha
Shani
3.76° Mesha
Rahu
4.64° Makara
Ketu
4.64° 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 Ashwini
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥