🪷 The Indian Sky Tonight

Science Centre Observatory · which nakshatras are up & the Moon's lodge
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Tonight's sky — looking up (N top, E left)

Centre = overhead · rim = horizon · rings at 30° & 60°. ● nakshatra junction stars · ◑ the Moon (ringed = its nakshatra). Tap any star or row to pin it with a gold ring.

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Bright signpost stars now — the easiest nakshatras to find

The brightest nakshatra junction stars currently above the horizon — Spica (Chitrā), Arcturus (Svāti), Antares (Jyeṣṭhā), Aldebaran (Rohiṇī) and more — and where to look right now. See what each nakshatra means →

🪷 What the nakshatras mean 🐉 Compare: Chinese sky tonight ← Night-sky dashboard

Altitudes, directions, the Moon's nakshatra and the pañchāṅga are computed on-device for SCOB (1.3342°N, 103.7357°E) at the chosen moment (Sun & Moon via the shared astro-core.js engine), so the page works offline. Each nakshatra is shown by its junction star (yogatārā). The 🌙 lodge is the Moon's real sidereal position among the stars, using the Lahiri (Chitrapakṣa) ayanāṁśa; the pañchāṅga gives the classical tithi, vāra, yoga and karaṇa. Positions are accurate to within a fraction of a degree — fine for finding things, not for ritual muhūrta. For what each nakshatra means, see The Indian Sky.

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