Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 26 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.
2028-12-26 · Ayanāṃśa 24.262° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Dashami
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shiva
karana · Half-Tithi
Gara
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
What Ashwini is said to favour
a moving day: go, travel, begin, change the room you are inAshwini 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.Ashwini is lateral-faced — Agni Purāṇa 126.17–28
Where the grahas stood
Surya
10.75° Dhanu
Chandra
6.61° Mesha
Mangala
7.79° Kanya
Budha
29.44° Dhanu
Guru
30.00° Kanya
Shukra
19.65° Vrishchika
Shani
10.25° Mesha
Rahu
20.17° Dhanu
Ketu
20.17° 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 Ashwini
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥