{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:colombo:2006-07-04:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/colombo/2006-07-04","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2006-07-04","date_display":"July 4, 2006 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":2006,"month":7,"day":4,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2453920.770833,"kali_year":5108,"ahargana":1865455.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":77.6405,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":173.497,"rashi":6,"rashi_name":"Kanyā"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":95.8566,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":11.8566},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":173.497,"elapsed_within_degrees":0.1637},"yoga":{"number":19,"name":"Parigha","sum_longitude":251.1375},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":15,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":4,"name":"Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)"}},"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":2006,"month":7,"day":4,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2453920.770833,"ahargana":1865455.2708,"kali_year":5108,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.9439,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":78.009838,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":171.84963800000003,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-1.11},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":114.39493800000002,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":97.392538,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":195.72903799999995,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":47.90653800000001,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":106.43453799999997,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":339.2026,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":159.2026,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","pada":4},"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":2006,"month":7,"day":4,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2453920.770833,"kali_year":5108,"ahargana":1865455.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":77.6405,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":173.497,"rashi":6,"rashi_name":"Kanyā"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":95.8566,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":11.8566},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":173.497,"elapsed_within_degrees":0.1637},"yoga":{"number":19,"name":"Parigha","sum_longitude":251.1375},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":15,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":4,"name":"Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-1.11,"elongation":95.857},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-1.11,"opposition_distance":84.143}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"colombo","name":"Colombo, Sri Lanka","lat":6.9271,"lon":79.8612,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"country":"LK","tier":"diaspora"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"colombo","name":"Colombo, Sri Lanka","lat":6.9271,"lon":79.8612,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"country":"LK","tier":"diaspora"},"sunriseLocal":"05:59","sunsetLocal":"18:30","solarNoonLocal":"12:15","dayLengthHours":12.513880491676554,"dayLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 30 Mins 50 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 29 Mins 10 Secs","moonriseLocal":"12:31","moonsetLocal":"00:29","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"15:22","end":"16:56","startHours":15.371378677195176,"endHours":16.935613738654745,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"09:07","end":"10:41","startHours":9.114438431356898,"endHours":10.678673492816468,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"12:15","end":"13:48","startHours":12.242908554276038,"endHours":13.807143615735606,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:54","end":"09:19","startHours":8.905873756495623,"endHours":9.323003106218174,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:30","end":"06:50","startHours":6.50737999559095,"endHours":6.8410834753689915,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:50","end":"12:40","startHours":11.825779204553484,"endHours":12.660037903998589,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"04:19","end":"05:09","startHours":4.317450909547553,"endHours":5.151709608992657,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:57","end":"05:59","startHours":4.9431449341313805,"endHours":5.98596830843776,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:20","end":"15:10","startHours":14.328555302888796,"endHours":15.1628140023339,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:18","end":"18:42","startHours":18.299848800114315,"endHours":18.699848800114314,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:30","end":"19:01","startHours":18.499848800114314,"endHours":19.021260487267504,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:15","end":"20:00","startHours":18.249848800114314,"endHours":19.999848800114314,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:50","end":"00:40","startHours":23.825779204553484,"endHours":24.660037903998585,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Roga","start":"05:59","end":"07:33","startHours":5.98596830843776,"endHours":7.550203369897329,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"07:33","end":"09:07","startHours":7.550203369897329,"endHours":9.114438431356898,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"09:07","end":"10:41","startHours":9.114438431356898,"endHours":10.678673492816468,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"10:41","end":"12:15","startHours":10.678673492816468,"endHours":12.242908554276038,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"12:15","end":"13:48","startHours":12.242908554276038,"endHours":13.807143615735606,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"13:48","end":"15:22","startHours":13.807143615735606,"endHours":15.371378677195176,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"15:22","end":"16:56","startHours":15.371378677195176,"endHours":16.935613738654745,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"16:56","end":"18:30","startHours":16.935613738654745,"endHours":18.499848800114314,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Kāla","start":"18:30","end":"19:56","startHours":18.499848800114314,"endHours":19.935613738654745,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"19:56","end":"21:22","startHours":19.935613738654745,"endHours":21.371378677195175,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"21:22","end":"22:48","startHours":21.371378677195175,"endHours":22.807143615735605,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"22:48","end":"00:15","startHours":22.807143615735605,"endHours":24.24290855427604,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"00:15","end":"01:41","startHours":24.24290855427604,"endHours":25.67867349281647,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"01:41","end":"03:07","startHours":25.67867349281647,"endHours":27.1144384313569,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"03:07","end":"04:33","startHours":27.1144384313569,"endHours":28.550203369897332,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"04:33","end":"05:59","startHours":28.550203369897332,"endHours":29.985968308437762,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:59","end":"06:59","startHours":5.98596830843776,"endHours":6.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:59","end":"07:59","startHours":6.98596830843776,"endHours":7.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:59","end":"08:59","startHours":7.98596830843776,"endHours":8.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:59","end":"09:59","startHours":8.98596830843776,"endHours":9.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:59","end":"10:59","startHours":9.98596830843776,"endHours":10.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:59","end":"11:59","startHours":10.98596830843776,"endHours":11.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:59","end":"12:59","startHours":11.98596830843776,"endHours":12.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:59","end":"13:59","startHours":12.98596830843776,"endHours":13.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:59","end":"14:59","startHours":13.98596830843776,"endHours":14.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:59","end":"15:59","startHours":14.98596830843776,"endHours":15.98596830843776,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:59","end":"16:59","startHours":15.98596830843776,"endHours":16.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:59","end":"17:59","startHours":16.985968308437762,"endHours":17.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:59","end":"18:59","startHours":17.985968308437762,"endHours":18.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:59","end":"19:59","startHours":18.985968308437762,"endHours":19.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:59","end":"20:59","startHours":19.985968308437762,"endHours":20.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:59","end":"21:59","startHours":20.985968308437762,"endHours":21.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:59","end":"22:59","startHours":21.985968308437762,"endHours":22.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:59","end":"23:59","startHours":22.985968308437762,"endHours":23.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:59","end":"00:59","startHours":23.985968308437762,"endHours":24.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:59","end":"01:59","startHours":24.985968308437762,"endHours":25.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:59","end":"02:59","startHours":25.985968308437762,"endHours":26.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:59","end":"03:59","startHours":26.985968308437762,"endHours":27.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:59","end":"04:59","startHours":27.985968308437762,"endHours":28.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:59","end":"05:59","startHours":28.985968308437762,"endHours":29.985968308437762,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Citrā","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Mithuna","Karka","Kanyā","Vṛścika","Kumbha","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Vṛṣabha","Siṃha","Tulā","Dhanu","Makara"]},"dishaShool":"North (Uttara)","chandraVasa":"North-West","rahuVasa":"North","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Mausala","quality":"Inauspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":22.898988926066657,"eotMinutes":-4.019313256562166,"ayanamsa":23.9439}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2063,"vikram_samvatsara":"Vikāri","saka_samvat":1928,"saka_samvatsara":"Vyaya","bengali_samvat":1413,"malayalam_era":1182,"nanakshahi_year":537,"lunar_month":"Āṣāḍha","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Āṣāḍha","lunar_month_amanta":"Āṣāḍha","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":"Āṣāḍha Śukla Aṣṭamī · Vikram 2063 Vikāri · Śaka 1928 Vyaya"},"festivals":[],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"mangala-walk","name":"Maṅgala Walk","name_sanskrit":"मङ्गल यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).","step_count":7,"url":"/walk/mangala-walk"},"reason":"Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"colombo"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga July 4, 2006 CE · Colombo, Sri Lanka · Vidhyamitra","description":"July 4, 2006 CE for Colombo, Sri Lanka: Śukla Aṣṭamī, sūryodaya 05:59, sūryāsta 18:30.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/colombo/2006-07-04","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/colombo/2006-07-04","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/colombo/2006-07-04","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/colombo/2006-07-04","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/colombo/2006-07-04"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-10T08:10:46.609Z","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":"2026-08-10T08:10:46.609Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-10T08:10:46.609Z","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"}}}