Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Thursday, 21 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.
2028-12-21 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2618° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Vajra
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Guruvara
What Shatabhisha is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inShatabhisha is the five movable asterisms; the chapter commends journeys in them — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
5.66° Dhanu
Chandra
6.87° Kumbha
Mangala
5.70° Kanya
Budha
22.37° Dhanu
Guru
29.32° Kanya
Shukra
13.39° Vrishchika
Shani
10.37° Mesha
Rahu
20.44° Dhanu
Ketu
20.44° 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 Shatabhisha
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
garp_1,59.46 । garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā । śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ॥
Shatabhisha nakṣatra — devatā, lord, and every cited source →