Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 29 September 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.
2028-09-29 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2586° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ekadashi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Dhriti
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
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
12.39° Kanya
Chandra
24.33° Makara
Mangala
21.06° Karka
Budha
19.05° Kanya
Guru
13.36° Kanya
Shukra
2.07° Simha
Shani
15.88° Mesha
Rahu
24.84° Dhanu
Ketu
24.84° 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 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 →