Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Saturday, 12 August 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.
2028-08-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2568° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Ganda
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Shanivara
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
25.82° Karka
Chandra
11.93° Mesha
Mangala
20.69° Mithuna
Budha
12.82° Simha
Guru
3.40° Kanya
Shukra
10.14° Mithuna
Shani
16.96° Mesha
Rahu
27.38° Dhanu
Ketu
27.38° Mithuna
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 ॥