Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 22 February 2026
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.
2026-02-22 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2223° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
shukla pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shukla
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
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
9.42° Kumbha
Chandra
9.87° Mesha
Mangala
29.22° Makara
Budha
27.03° Kumbha
Guru
21.33° Mithuna
Shukra
20.59° Kumbha
Shani
6.71° Meena
Rahu
15.18° Kumbha
Ketu
15.18° 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 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 ॥