Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Friday, 8 May 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.
2026-05-08 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2252° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Shashthi
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Shubha
karana · Half-Tithi
Vanija
vara · Weekday
Shukravara
What Uttara Ashadha is said to favour
a settling day: what you put down today is what stays downUttara Ashadha is the chapter's five fixed asterisms — for what should stay put — Agni Purāṇa 126.11–16
Where the grahas stood
Surya
23.46° Mesha
Chandra
5.29° Makara
Mangala
27.70° Meena
Budha
16.07° Mesha
Guru
25.75° Mithuna
Shukra
22.84° Vrishabha
Shani
15.72° Meena
Rahu
11.20° Kumbha
Ketu
11.20° Simha
Sidereal longitudes (Lahiri ayanāṃśa) computed for this date from the JPL ephemeris — the same numbers every other reading here is built on.