{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:badrinath:2018-05-21:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/badrinath/2018-05-21","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2018-05-21","date_display":"May 21, 2018 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":"Sub-degree on Moon at any Kali-Yuga date (~2-5° residual max)","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":2018,"month":5,"day":21,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458259.770833,"kali_year":5120,"ahargana":1869794.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":35.7592,"rashi":2,"rashi_name":"Vṛṣabha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":108.7524,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"tithi":{"number":7,"name":"Saptamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Saptamī","elongation_degrees":72.9932,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":0.9932},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Āśleṣā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":108.7524,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.0857},"yoga":{"number":11,"name":"Vṛddhi","sum_longitude":144.5116},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":12,"name":"Gara"},"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":2018,"month":5,"day":21,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458259.770833,"ahargana":1869794.2708,"kali_year":5120,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.1098,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":35.85505699999999,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":3,"name":"Kṛttikā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":111.304757,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":2},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-0.0431},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":277.46535700000004,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":17.979957000000013,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":202.581957,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":67.43025699999998,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":254.06935700000008,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":109.3015,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Āśleṣā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":289.3015,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","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":"Sub-degree on Moon at any Kali-Yuga date (~2-5° residual max)","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":2018,"month":5,"day":21,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458259.770833,"kali_year":5120,"ahargana":1869794.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":35.7592,"rashi":2,"rashi_name":"Vṛṣabha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":108.7524,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"tithi":{"number":7,"name":"Saptamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Saptamī","elongation_degrees":72.9932,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":0.9932},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Āśleṣā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":108.7524,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.0857},"yoga":{"number":11,"name":"Vṛddhi","sum_longitude":144.5116},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":12,"name":"Gara"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-0.043,"elongation":72.993},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-0.043,"opposition_distance":107.007}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"badrinath","name":"Badarīnāth","lat":30.7433,"lon":79.4938,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha","elevation_m":3133},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"badrinath","name":"Badarīnāth","lat":30.7433,"lon":79.4938,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha","elevation_m":3133},"sunriseLocal":"05:14","sunsetLocal":"19:03","solarNoonLocal":"12:08","dayLengthHours":13.82127794096342,"dayLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 49 Mins 17 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 10 Mins 43 Secs","moonriseLocal":"10:28","moonsetLocal":"23:53","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"06:58","end":"08:41","startHours":6.9584438090974166,"endHours":8.686103551717844,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:25","end":"12:08","startHours":10.41376329433827,"endHours":12.141423036958699,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:52","end":"15:36","startHours":13.869082779579127,"endHours":15.596742522199554,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:27","end":"08:55","startHours":8.455748919368453,"endHours":8.916458184067235,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"05:48","end":"06:11","startHours":5.806670647350465,"endHours":6.17523805910949,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:41","end":"12:36","startHours":11.680713772259919,"endHours":12.602132301657479,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"03:23","end":"04:19","startHours":3.3879470076818663,"endHours":4.309365537079428,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:05","end":"05:14","startHours":4.079010904730038,"endHours":5.230784066476989,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:27","end":"15:22","startHours":14.444969360452601,"endHours":15.366387889850163,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:51","end":"19:15","startHours":18.85206200744041,"endHours":19.252062007440408,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"19:03","end":"19:38","startHours":19.05206200744041,"endHours":19.627948588313885,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:48","end":"20:33","startHours":18.80206200744041,"endHours":20.55206200744041,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:41","end":"00:36","startHours":23.680713772259917,"endHours":24.60213230165748,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"05:14","end":"06:58","startHours":5.230784066476989,"endHours":6.9584438090974166,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"06:58","end":"08:41","startHours":6.9584438090974166,"endHours":8.686103551717844,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"08:41","end":"10:25","startHours":8.686103551717844,"endHours":10.41376329433827,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:25","end":"12:08","startHours":10.41376329433827,"endHours":12.141423036958699,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"12:08","end":"13:52","startHours":12.141423036958699,"endHours":13.869082779579127,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:52","end":"15:36","startHours":13.869082779579127,"endHours":15.596742522199554,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"15:36","end":"17:19","startHours":15.596742522199554,"endHours":17.32440226481998,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"17:19","end":"19:03","startHours":17.32440226481998,"endHours":19.05206200744041,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"19:03","end":"20:19","startHours":19.05206200744041,"endHours":20.32440226481998,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"20:19","end":"21:36","startHours":20.32440226481998,"endHours":21.596742522199555,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"21:36","end":"22:52","startHours":21.596742522199555,"endHours":22.869082779579127,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:52","end":"00:08","startHours":22.869082779579127,"endHours":24.1414230369587,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:08","end":"01:25","startHours":24.1414230369587,"endHours":25.41376329433827,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:25","end":"02:41","startHours":25.41376329433827,"endHours":26.686103551717842,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"02:41","end":"03:58","startHours":26.686103551717842,"endHours":27.958443809097417,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"03:58","end":"05:14","startHours":27.958443809097417,"endHours":29.23078406647699,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:14","end":"06:14","startHours":5.230784066476989,"endHours":6.230784066476989,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:14","end":"07:14","startHours":6.230784066476989,"endHours":7.230784066476989,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:14","end":"08:14","startHours":7.230784066476989,"endHours":8.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:14","end":"09:14","startHours":8.23078406647699,"endHours":9.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:14","end":"10:14","startHours":9.23078406647699,"endHours":10.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:14","end":"11:14","startHours":10.23078406647699,"endHours":11.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:14","end":"12:14","startHours":11.23078406647699,"endHours":12.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:14","end":"13:14","startHours":12.23078406647699,"endHours":13.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:14","end":"14:14","startHours":13.23078406647699,"endHours":14.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:14","end":"15:14","startHours":14.23078406647699,"endHours":15.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:14","end":"16:14","startHours":15.23078406647699,"endHours":16.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:14","end":"17:14","startHours":16.23078406647699,"endHours":17.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:14","end":"18:14","startHours":17.23078406647699,"endHours":18.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:14","end":"19:14","startHours":18.23078406647699,"endHours":19.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:14","end":"20:14","startHours":19.23078406647699,"endHours":20.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:14","end":"21:14","startHours":20.23078406647699,"endHours":21.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:14","end":"22:14","startHours":21.23078406647699,"endHours":22.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:14","end":"23:14","startHours":22.23078406647699,"endHours":23.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:14","end":"00:14","startHours":23.23078406647699,"endHours":24.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:14","end":"01:14","startHours":24.23078406647699,"endHours":25.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:14","end":"02:14","startHours":25.23078406647699,"endHours":26.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:14","end":"03:14","startHours":26.23078406647699,"endHours":27.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:14","end":"04:14","startHours":27.23078406647699,"endHours":28.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:14","end":"05:14","startHours":28.23078406647699,"endHours":29.23078406647699,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Citrā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Vṛṣabha","Karka","Kanyā","Dhanu","Makara"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Mithuna","Siṃha","Tulā","Vṛścika","Kumbha","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"South-West","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Mānasa","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Vasanta (Spring)","vedicRitu":"Vasanta (Spring)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":20.14055848923254,"eotMinutes":3.539417782478063,"ayanamsa":24.1098}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2075,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhakṛt","saka_samvat":1940,"saka_samvatsara":"Vilambī","bengali_samvat":1425,"malayalam_era":1194,"nanakshahi_year":549,"lunar_month":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Jyeṣṭha (Adhika) Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_amanta":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_is_adhika":true,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":true,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":true,"solar_month":"Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)","ritu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","display_summary":"Jyeṣṭha (Adhika) Śukla Saptamī · Vikram 2075 Virodhakṛt · Śaka 1940 Vilambī"},"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":"badrinath"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga May 21, 2018 CE · Badarīnāth · Vidhyamitra","description":"May 21, 2018 CE for Badarīnāth: Śukla Saptamī, sūryodaya 05:14, sūryāsta 19:03.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/badrinath/2018-05-21","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/badrinath/2018-05-21","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/badrinath/2018-05-21","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/badrinath/2018-05-21","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/badrinath/2018-05-21"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-07-27T20:14:36.453Z","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":"2026-07-27T20:14:36.453Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-07-27T20:14:36.453Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa","Vidhyamitra-Tier2":"Pūrṇa"},"reader_local_antaryami":{"reader_geography":"Every reader enters from their own kṣetra anywhere on Bhūmi; no founder-city is the universal center.","purna_chain":["Goloka/Vraja Rādhā-Krishna","Vaikuṇṭha Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa","Mahāviṣṇu/Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu","Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu","Brahmā","Kṣīrodaka Paramātmā/Antaryāmī (Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu)","Bhūmi","reader's own kṣetra anywhere on Bhūmi","exact reading kṣetra","Divyāṁśa-bhakta","chitta/vāṇī/aṅgulī","keyboard-silicon-pathways","Vidhyāmitra substrate","reader/seer","Krishna"],"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"}}}