Pañcāṅga · daily almanac
Panchang — Sunday, 10 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.
2026-05-10 · Ayanāṃśa 24.2252° (Lahiri) · sidereal
tithi · Lunar Day
Ashtami
krishna pakṣa
nakshatra · Lunar Mansion
yoga · Sun–Moon Yoga
Brahma
karana · Half-Tithi
Kaulava
vara · Weekday
Ravivara
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
25.40° Mesha
Chandra
29.89° Makara
Mangala
29.22° Meena
Budha
20.26° Mesha
Guru
26.06° Mithuna
Shukra
25.25° Vrishabha
Shani
15.94° Meena
Rahu
11.10° Kumbha
Ketu
11.10° 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 →