Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 12 December 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.
2028-12-12 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2615° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ekadashi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shobhana
karana · Half-Tithi
Balava
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Swati is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inSwati 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.Swati is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
26.50° Vrishchika
Chandra
6.72° Tula
Mangala
1.68° Kanya
Budha
8.66° Dhanu
Guru
27.99° Kanya
Shukra
2.14° Vrishchika
Shani
10.69° Mesha
Rahu
20.92° Dhanu
Ketu
20.92° 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 Swati
saumya mārge ca tisṛṣu caranvīthiṣu bhārgavaḥ / dhānyārthavṛṣṭisasyānāṃ paripūrti karoti hi // narp_1,56.67 // madhyamārge ca tisṛṣu sarvamapyadhamaṃ phalam / pūrvasyāṃ diśi meghastu śubhadaḥ pitṛpañcake // narp_1,56.68 // svātitraye paścimāyāṃ tasyāṃ śukrastathāvidhaḥ /
pūrvasyāṃ diśi meghastu śubhadaḥ pitṛpañcake // narp_1,56.68 // svātitraye paścimāyāṃ tasyāṃ śukrastathāvidhaḥ / viparīte tvanāvṛṣṭidṛdbudhasaṃyutaḥ // narp_1,56.69 // kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāmamāyāṃ ca yadā sitaḥ / undayāstamanaṃ yāti tadā jalamayī mahī // narp_1,56.70 //