Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 23 November 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.
2028-11-23 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2607° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Saptami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Dhruva
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
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
7.24° Vrishchika
Chandra
29.11° Makara
Mangala
22.33° Simha
Budha
9.06° Vrishchika
Guru
24.72° Kanya
Shukra
8.50° Tula
Shani
11.77° Mesha
Rahu
21.92° Dhanu
Ketu
21.92° 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 →