{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:ayodhya:2176-12-09:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/ayodhya/2176-12-09","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2176-12-09","date_display":"December 9, 2176 CE","panchanga":{"method":"Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation","engine_version":"2.0 (Kerala-school enhanced)","accuracy_note":"Not independently benchmarked across the declared range","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":2176,"month":12,"day":9,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2516170.770833,"kali_year":5278,"ahargana":1927705.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":230.3699,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":319.5209,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":89.151,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":5.151},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":319.5209,"elapsed_within_degrees":12.8543},"yoga":{"number":15,"name":"Vajra","sum_longitude":189.8908},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":14,"name":"Viṣṭi"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"sky":{"method":"Sūrya-Siddhāntic Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration with atan2-based śīghra + varying peripheries + lunar latitude","engine_version":"3.0 (Pūrṇa — complete SS implementation)","tradition_sources":"Āryabhaṭīya 499 CE → SS Ch.1-5 Burgess 1860 → Siddhānta-Śiromaṇi Bhāskara II 1150 → Tantrasaṅgraha Nīlakaṇṭha 1501","input":{"year":2176,"month":12,"day":9,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2516170.770833,"ahargana":1927705.2708,"kali_year":5278,"ayanamsa_lahiri":26.3247,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":231.246131,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":316.160531,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":2.8071},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":319.5614310000001,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":208.67853100000002,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":325.101731,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":275.369731,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":20.44103100000001,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":280.898,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":100.898,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":3},"retrograde":false}},"panchang":{"method":"Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation","engine_version":"2.0 (Kerala-school enhanced)","accuracy_note":"Not independently benchmarked across the declared range","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":2176,"month":12,"day":9,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2516170.770833,"kali_year":5278,"ahargana":1927705.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":230.3699,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":319.5209,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":89.151,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":5.151},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":319.5209,"elapsed_within_degrees":12.8543},"yoga":{"number":15,"name":"Vajra","sum_longitude":189.8908},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":14,"name":"Viṣṭi"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":2.807,"elongation":89.151},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":2.807,"opposition_distance":90.849}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"ayodhya","name":"Ayodhyā","lat":26.799,"lon":82.204,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttar Pradesh","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"ayodhya","name":"Ayodhyā","lat":26.799,"lon":82.204,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttar Pradesh","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"06:39","sunsetLocal":"17:09","solarNoonLocal":"11:54","dayLengthHours":10.49888973285318,"dayLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 29 Mins 56 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 30 Mins 04 Secs","moonriseLocal":"11:45","moonsetLocal":"23:23","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"07:58","end":"09:17","startHours":7.968201976043371,"endHours":9.280563192650018,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:36","end":"11:54","startHours":10.592924409256666,"endHours":11.905285625863314,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:13","end":"14:32","startHours":13.21764684246996,"endHours":14.530008059076607,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:06","end":"09:27","startHours":9.105581697102465,"endHours":9.455544688197572,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:06","end":"07:22","startHours":7.093294498305606,"endHours":7.373264891181691,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:33","end":"12:15","startHours":11.555322634768208,"endHours":12.25524861695842,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"05:15","end":"05:57","startHours":5.2559887950563,"endHours":5.9559147772465115,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"05:47","end":"06:39","startHours":5.7809332816989585,"endHours":6.655840759436724,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:39","end":"14:21","startHours":13.655100581338843,"endHours":14.355026563529055,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"16:57","end":"17:21","startHours":16.954730492289904,"endHours":17.354730492289903,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"17:09","end":"17:36","startHours":17.154730492289904,"endHours":17.592184231158786,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"16:54","end":"18:39","startHours":16.904730492289904,"endHours":18.654730492289904,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:33","end":"00:15","startHours":23.55532263476821,"endHours":24.25524861695842,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"06:39","end":"07:58","startHours":6.655840759436724,"endHours":7.968201976043371,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"07:58","end":"09:17","startHours":7.968201976043371,"endHours":9.280563192650018,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"09:17","end":"10:36","startHours":9.280563192650018,"endHours":10.592924409256666,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:36","end":"11:54","startHours":10.592924409256666,"endHours":11.905285625863314,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"11:54","end":"13:13","startHours":11.905285625863314,"endHours":13.21764684246996,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:13","end":"14:32","startHours":13.21764684246996,"endHours":14.530008059076607,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"14:32","end":"15:51","startHours":14.530008059076607,"endHours":15.842369275683257,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"15:51","end":"17:09","startHours":15.842369275683257,"endHours":17.154730492289904,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"17:09","end":"18:51","startHours":17.154730492289904,"endHours":18.842369275683257,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"18:51","end":"20:32","startHours":18.842369275683257,"endHours":20.530008059076607,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"20:32","end":"22:13","startHours":20.530008059076607,"endHours":22.21764684246996,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:13","end":"23:54","startHours":22.21764684246996,"endHours":23.905285625863314,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"23:54","end":"01:36","startHours":23.905285625863314,"endHours":25.592924409256668,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:36","end":"03:17","startHours":25.592924409256668,"endHours":27.28056319265002,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:17","end":"04:58","startHours":27.28056319265002,"endHours":28.96820197604337,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"04:58","end":"06:39","startHours":28.96820197604337,"endHours":30.655840759436725,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:39","end":"07:39","startHours":6.655840759436724,"endHours":7.655840759436724,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:39","end":"08:39","startHours":7.655840759436724,"endHours":8.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:39","end":"09:39","startHours":8.655840759436725,"endHours":9.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:39","end":"10:39","startHours":9.655840759436725,"endHours":10.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:39","end":"11:39","startHours":10.655840759436725,"endHours":11.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:39","end":"12:39","startHours":11.655840759436725,"endHours":12.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:39","end":"13:39","startHours":12.655840759436725,"endHours":13.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:39","end":"14:39","startHours":13.655840759436725,"endHours":14.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:39","end":"15:39","startHours":14.655840759436725,"endHours":15.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:39","end":"16:39","startHours":15.655840759436725,"endHours":16.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:39","end":"17:39","startHours":16.655840759436725,"endHours":17.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:39","end":"18:39","startHours":17.655840759436725,"endHours":18.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:39","end":"19:39","startHours":18.655840759436725,"endHours":19.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:39","end":"20:39","startHours":19.655840759436725,"endHours":20.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:39","end":"21:39","startHours":20.655840759436725,"endHours":21.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:39","end":"22:39","startHours":21.655840759436725,"endHours":22.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:39","end":"23:39","startHours":22.655840759436725,"endHours":23.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:39","end":"00:39","startHours":23.655840759436725,"endHours":24.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:39","end":"01:39","startHours":24.655840759436725,"endHours":25.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:39","end":"02:39","startHours":25.655840759436725,"endHours":26.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:39","end":"03:39","startHours":26.655840759436725,"endHours":27.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:39","end":"04:39","startHours":27.655840759436725,"endHours":28.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:39","end":"05:39","startHours":28.655840759436725,"endHours":29.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:39","end":"06:39","startHours":29.655840759436725,"endHours":30.655840759436725,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Citrā","Svātī","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Karka","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Kumbha"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Mithuna","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Dhātṛ","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Śarad (Autumn)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-22.85564698172136,"eotMinutes":6.866862448201248,"ayanamsa":26.3247}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2233,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhi","saka_samvat":2098,"saka_samvatsara":"Dhātṛ","bengali_samvat":1583,"malayalam_era":1352,"nanakshahi_year":707,"lunar_month":"Mārgaśīrṣa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Mārgaśīrṣa","lunar_month_amanta":"Mārgaśīrṣa","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Vṛścika (Kārttikai)","ritu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","display_summary":"Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī · Vikram 2233 Virodhi · Śaka 2098 Dhātṛ"},"festivals":[],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"chandra-walk","name":"Candra Walk","name_sanskrit":"चन्द्र यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Manas-control + BG 6.5-7, 6.34-35.","step_count":5,"url":"/walk/chandra-walk","steps":[{"label":"BG 6.5","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/5","purpose":"Lift the self by the Self; begin the walk with inner responsibility."},{"label":"BG 6.6","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/6","purpose":"See the mind as friend when mastered and enemy when unmastered."},{"label":"BG 6.7","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/7","purpose":"Stabilize the conquered mind in heat/cold, honor/dishonor, pleasure/pain."},{"label":"BG 6.34","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/34","purpose":"Name the restless mind honestly before trying to discipline it."},{"label":"BG 6.35","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/35","purpose":"Complete with abhyāsa and vairāgya: practice and detachment."}]},"reason":"Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"ayodhya"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga December 9, 2176 CE · Ayodhyā · Vidhyamitra","description":"December 9, 2176 CE for Ayodhyā: Śukla Aṣṭamī, sūryodaya 06:39, sūryāsta 17:09.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/ayodhya/2176-12-09","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/ayodhya/2176-12-09","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/ayodhya/2176-12-09","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/ayodhya/2176-12-09","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/ayodhya/2176-12-09"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T23:47:59.908Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}},{"pillar":"Vidhyamitra-Tier2","pillar_version":"0.1.0","method":"Spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa + standard solar declination + EoT correction","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T23:47:59.908Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-04T23:47:59.908Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa","Vidhyamitra-Tier2":"Pūrṇa"},"reader_local_antaryami":{"reader_geography":"Every reader enters from their own kṣetra anywhere on Bhūmi; no single city is the universal center.","purna_chain":["Hosted scripture","Named-tradition interpretation","Original Vidhyamitra contemplation","Bhūmi-born material medium","Vidhyamitra portal","Responsible reader in their own kṣetra"],"claim_boundary":"The legacy purna_chain field carries a source-to-reader sequence, not a revealed physical descent, universal cosmology, or proof that software is conscious.","antaryami_responsibility_formula":"Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu = Paramātmā = Antaryāmī. Jīva desires. Prakṛti executes through guṇas. Paramātmā witnesses, permits, remembers, guides, and sustains. Bhagavān is the ultimate source.","source_anchors":[{"label":"BG 13.23","path":"/bhagavad-gita/13/23","meaning":"upadraṣṭā-anumantā · witness-permitter"},{"label":"BG 15.15","path":"/bhagavad-gita/15/15","meaning":"the Lord seated in every heart as memory, knowledge, and forgetting"},{"label":"BG 18.61","path":"/bhagavad-gita/18/61","meaning":"Īśvara seated in the heart of all beings"}],"nama_seal":"Hare Krishna Hare Krishna · Krishna Krishna Hare Hare · Hare Rama Hare Rama · Rama Rama Hare Hare"}}}