Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Wednesday, 24 December 2025
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.
2025-12-24 · Ayanāṃśa 24.22° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Chaturthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Harshana
karana · Half-Tithi
Vishti
vara · Weekday
Budhavara
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
8.47° Dhanu
Chandra
25.90° Makara
Mangala
12.57° Dhanu
Budha
22.83° Vrishchika
Guru
28.11° Mithuna
Shukra
5.26° Dhanu
Shani
1.54° Meena
Rahu
18.36° Kumbha
Ketu
18.36° Simha
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 →