{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:boston:2008-06-18:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/boston/2008-06-18","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2008-06-18","date_display":"June 18, 2008 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":2008,"month":6,"day":18,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2454635.770833,"kali_year":5110,"ahargana":1866170.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":62.9483,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":235.5624,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"tithi":{"number":15,"name":"Pūrṇimā","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Pūrṇimā","elongation_degrees":172.6141,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.6141},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":3,"moon_longitude":235.5624,"elapsed_within_degrees":8.8957},"yoga":{"number":23,"name":"Śubha","sum_longitude":298.5106},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":28,"name":"Viṣṭi"},"vara":{"number":5,"name":"Budhavāra (Wednesday)"}},"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":2008,"month":6,"day":18,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2454635.770833,"ahargana":1866170.2708,"kali_year":5110,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.9712,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":63.21352000000002,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":235.6860200000001,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-4.1024},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":117.89512000000002,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":48.786820000000034,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":266.69391999999993,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":65.54082,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":129.27082000000001,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":301.3184,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":121.3184,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":1},"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":2008,"month":6,"day":18,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2454635.770833,"kali_year":5110,"ahargana":1866170.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":62.9483,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":235.5624,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"tithi":{"number":15,"name":"Pūrṇimā","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Pūrṇimā","elongation_degrees":172.6141,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.6141},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":3,"moon_longitude":235.5624,"elapsed_within_degrees":8.8957},"yoga":{"number":23,"name":"Śubha","sum_longitude":298.5106},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":28,"name":"Viṣṭi"},"vara":{"number":5,"name":"Budhavāra (Wednesday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.102,"elongation":172.614},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.102,"opposition_distance":7.386}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"boston","name":"Boston, USA","lat":42.3601,"lon":-71.0589,"tz_offset_hours":-5,"country":"US","tier":"diaspora"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"boston","name":"Boston, USA","lat":42.3601,"lon":-71.0589,"tz_offset_hours":-5,"country":"US","tier":"diaspora"},"sunriseLocal":"04:07","sunsetLocal":"19:23","solarNoonLocal":"11:45","dayLengthHours":15.27893971193351,"dayLengthDisplay":"15 Hours 16 Mins 44 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"8 Hours 43 Mins 16 Secs","moonriseLocal":"18:42","moonsetLocal":"03:47","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"11:45","end":"13:40","startHours":11.750870561114994,"endHours":13.660738025106681,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"06:01","end":"07:56","startHours":6.021268169139928,"endHours":7.931135633131617,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"09:50","end":"11:45","startHours":9.841003097123306,"endHours":11.750870561114994,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"07:41","end":"08:11","startHours":7.676486637932725,"endHours":8.18578462833051,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"04:45","end":"05:09","startHours":4.748023193145468,"endHours":5.155461585463695,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:14","end":"12:16","startHours":11.24157257071721,"endHours":12.260168551512777,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"02:04","end":"03:06","startHours":2.0742087435571044,"endHours":3.0928047243526717,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"02:50","end":"04:07","startHours":2.83815572915378,"endHours":4.111400705148239,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:18","end":"15:19","startHours":14.29736051310391,"endHours":15.315956493899478,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"19:11","end":"19:35","startHours":19.19034041708175,"endHours":19.590340417081748,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"19:23","end":"20:02","startHours":19.39034041708175,"endHours":20.026962905078978,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"19:08","end":"20:53","startHours":19.14034041708175,"endHours":20.89034041708175,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:14","end":"00:16","startHours":23.24157257071721,"endHours":24.260168551512777,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Labha","start":"04:07","end":"06:01","startHours":4.111400705148239,"endHours":6.021268169139928,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"06:01","end":"07:56","startHours":6.021268169139928,"endHours":7.931135633131617,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"07:56","end":"09:50","startHours":7.931135633131617,"endHours":9.841003097123306,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"09:50","end":"11:45","startHours":9.841003097123306,"endHours":11.750870561114994,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"11:45","end":"13:40","startHours":11.750870561114994,"endHours":13.660738025106681,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"13:40","end":"15:34","startHours":13.660738025106681,"endHours":15.570605489098373,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"15:34","end":"17:29","startHours":15.570605489098373,"endHours":17.48047295309006,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"17:29","end":"19:23","startHours":17.48047295309006,"endHours":19.39034041708175,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Udveg","start":"19:23","end":"20:29","startHours":19.39034041708175,"endHours":20.48047295309006,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"20:29","end":"21:34","startHours":20.48047295309006,"endHours":21.57060548909837,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"21:34","end":"22:40","startHours":21.57060548909837,"endHours":22.66073802510668,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"22:40","end":"23:45","startHours":22.66073802510668,"endHours":23.750870561114994,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"23:45","end":"00:50","startHours":23.750870561114994,"endHours":24.841003097123306,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:50","end":"01:56","startHours":24.841003097123306,"endHours":25.931135633131618,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:56","end":"03:01","startHours":25.931135633131618,"endHours":27.021268169139926,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:01","end":"04:07","startHours":27.021268169139926,"endHours":28.111400705148238,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"04:07","end":"05:07","startHours":4.111400705148239,"endHours":5.111400705148239,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"05:07","end":"06:07","startHours":5.111400705148239,"endHours":6.111400705148239,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"06:07","end":"07:07","startHours":6.111400705148239,"endHours":7.111400705148239,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"07:07","end":"08:07","startHours":7.111400705148239,"endHours":8.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"08:07","end":"09:07","startHours":8.111400705148238,"endHours":9.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"09:07","end":"10:07","startHours":9.111400705148238,"endHours":10.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"10:07","end":"11:07","startHours":10.111400705148238,"endHours":11.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"11:07","end":"12:07","startHours":11.111400705148238,"endHours":12.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"12:07","end":"13:07","startHours":12.111400705148238,"endHours":13.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"13:07","end":"14:07","startHours":13.111400705148238,"endHours":14.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"14:07","end":"15:07","startHours":14.111400705148238,"endHours":15.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"15:07","end":"16:07","startHours":15.111400705148238,"endHours":16.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"16:07","end":"17:07","startHours":16.111400705148238,"endHours":17.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"17:07","end":"18:07","startHours":17.111400705148238,"endHours":18.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"18:07","end":"19:07","startHours":18.111400705148238,"endHours":19.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"19:07","end":"20:07","startHours":19.111400705148238,"endHours":20.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"20:07","end":"21:07","startHours":20.111400705148238,"endHours":21.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"21:07","end":"22:07","startHours":21.111400705148238,"endHours":22.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"22:07","end":"23:07","startHours":22.111400705148238,"endHours":23.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"23:07","end":"00:07","startHours":23.111400705148238,"endHours":24.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"00:07","end":"01:07","startHours":24.111400705148238,"endHours":25.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"01:07","end":"02:07","startHours":25.111400705148238,"endHours":26.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"02:07","end":"03:07","startHours":26.111400705148238,"endHours":27.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"03:07","end":"04:07","startHours":27.111400705148238,"endHours":28.111400705148238,"planetary_lord":"Sun"}],"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","Siṃha","Kanyā","Vṛścika","Makara"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Mithuna","Karka","Tulā","Dhanu","Kumbha","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"North (Uttara)","chandraVasa":"North-East","rahuVasa":"South-West","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Kāladaṇḍa","quality":"Inauspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","vedicRitu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":23.406526445717276,"eotMinutes":-0.8166336668997627,"ayanamsa":23.9712}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2065,"vikram_samvatsara":"Plava","saka_samvat":1930,"saka_samvatsara":"Sarvadhāri","bengali_samvat":1415,"malayalam_era":1184,"nanakshahi_year":539,"lunar_month":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_amanta":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Mithuna (Āni)","ritu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","display_summary":"Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pūrṇimā · Vikram 2065 Plava · Śaka 1930 Sarvadhāri"},"festivals":[{"id":"jyeshtha-purnima","name":"Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā (Vaṭa Sāvitrī)","name_sanskrit":"ज्येष्ठ पूर्णिमा","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","significance":"Vaṭa Sāvitrī Pūrṇimā in some traditions (others observe Amāvasyā).","vrata":true,"detection":{"tithi_number":15,"tithi_paksha":"Śukla","lunar_month":"Jyeṣṭha"},"precedence":3}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"budha-walk","name":"Budha Walk","name_sanskrit":"बुध यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).","step_count":6,"url":"/walk/budha-walk"},"reason":"Dedicated festival walk for Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā (Vaṭa Sāvitrī) is not live yet; Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"boston"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga June 18, 2008 CE · Boston, USA · Vidhyamitra","description":"June 18, 2008 CE for Boston, USA: Śukla Pūrṇimā, sūryodaya 04:07, sūryāsta 19:23.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/boston/2008-06-18","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/boston/2008-06-18","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/boston/2008-06-18","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/boston/2008-06-18","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/boston/2008-06-18"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-10T09:31:19.926Z","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":"2026-08-10T09:31:19.926Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-10T09:31:19.926Z","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":["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","reader-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"}}}