Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Tuesday, 13 August 2030
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.
2030-08-13 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2848° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Purnima
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Saubhagya
karana · Half-Tithi
Bava
vara · Weekday
Mangalavara
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
26.30° Karka
Chandra
23.98° Makara
Mangala
3.95° Karka
Budha
19.87° Simha
Guru
24.73° Tula
Shukra
8.22° Karka
Shani
13.35° Vrishabha
Rahu
18.64° Vrishchika
Ketu
18.64° Vrishabha
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 →