Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 27 October 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.
2028-10-27 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2597° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Ganda
karana · Half-Tithi
Taitila
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
10.11° Tula
Chandra
2.96° Kumbha
Mangala
7.59° Simha
Budha
25.42° Kanya
Guru
19.36° Kanya
Shukra
5.37° Kanya
Shani
13.85° Mesha
Rahu
23.35° Dhanu
Ketu
23.35° 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 →