Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 12 July 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.
2028-07-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2556° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shobhana
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
What Purva Bhadrapada is said to favour
a sharp day: good for the difficult thing, poor for the delicate onePurva Bhadrapada is listed among the sharp asterisms; the chapter reserves them for hard, cutting work — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Suited to what the chapter gives this face: the chapter gives it digging, foundations, medicine, teaching.Purva Bhadrapada is downward-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
26.19° Mithuna
Chandra
27.55° Kumbha
Mangala
29.91° Vrishabha
Budha
11.48° Mithuna
Guru
28.08° Simha
Shukra
15.08° Vrishabha
Shani
15.58° Mesha
Rahu
29.02° Dhanu
Ketu
29.02° Mithuna
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.