{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:edison-nj:2024-12-17:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/edison-nj/2024-12-17","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2024-12-17","date_display":"December 17, 2024 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":2024,"month":12,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2460661.770833,"kali_year":5126,"ahargana":1872196.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":240.9596,"rashi":9,"rashi_name":"Dhanu"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":83.7476,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":17,"name":"Dvitīyā","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā","elongation_degrees":202.788,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.788},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":2,"moon_longitude":83.7476,"elapsed_within_degrees":3.7476},"yoga":{"number":25,"name":"Brahma","sum_longitude":324.7072},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":33,"name":"Gara"},"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":2024,"month":12,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2460661.770833,"ahargana":1872196.2708,"kali_year":5126,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.2017,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":241.38618299999996,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":82.96408300000002,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":1},"retrograde":false,"latitude":4.4061},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":100.922283,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":221.84188300000005,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":17,"name":"Anurādhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":50.78438299999999,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":286.6532830000001,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":319.448483,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":342.0319,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":162.0319,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","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":"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":2024,"month":12,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2460661.770833,"kali_year":5126,"ahargana":1872196.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":240.9596,"rashi":9,"rashi_name":"Dhanu"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":83.7476,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":17,"name":"Dvitīyā","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā","elongation_degrees":202.788,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.788},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":2,"moon_longitude":83.7476,"elapsed_within_degrees":3.7476},"yoga":{"number":25,"name":"Brahma","sum_longitude":324.7072},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":33,"name":"Gara"},"vara":{"number":4,"name":"Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":4.406,"elongation":157.212},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":4.406,"opposition_distance":22.788}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"edison-nj","name":"Edison, NJ, USA","lat":40.5187,"lon":-74.4121,"tz_offset_hours":-5,"country":"US","tier":"diaspora"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"edison-nj","name":"Edison, NJ, USA","lat":40.5187,"lon":-74.4121,"tz_offset_hours":-5,"country":"US","tier":"diaspora"},"sunriseLocal":"07:16","sunsetLocal":"16:33","solarNoonLocal":"11:54","dayLengthHours":9.281815516114518,"dayLengthDisplay":"9 Hours 16 Mins 55 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"14 Hours 43 Mins 05 Secs","moonriseLocal":"17:55","moonsetLocal":"08:46","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"14:14","end":"15:23","startHours":14.227037731076823,"endHours":15.387264670591138,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"09:35","end":"10:45","startHours":9.586129973019565,"endHours":10.74635691253388,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"11:54","end":"13:04","startHours":11.906583852048193,"endHours":13.06681079156251,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:26","end":"09:44","startHours":9.43143304775099,"endHours":9.740826898288141,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:39","end":"07:54","startHours":7.652418407162373,"endHours":7.899933487592094,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:36","end":"12:13","startHours":11.597190001511043,"endHours":12.215977702585343,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"06:02","end":"06:39","startHours":6.028100691842333,"endHours":6.646888392916634,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"06:30","end":"07:16","startHours":6.492191467648059,"endHours":7.265676093990935,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:27","end":"14:04","startHours":13.453553104733947,"endHours":14.072340805808249,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"16:21","end":"16:45","startHours":16.347491610105454,"endHours":16.747491610105453,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"16:33","end":"16:56","startHours":16.547491610105453,"endHours":16.934233923276892,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"16:18","end":"18:03","startHours":16.297491610105453,"endHours":18.047491610105453,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:36","end":"00:13","startHours":23.59719000151104,"endHours":24.215977702585345,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Roga","start":"07:16","end":"08:26","startHours":7.265676093990935,"endHours":8.42590303350525,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"08:26","end":"09:35","startHours":8.42590303350525,"endHours":9.586129973019565,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"09:35","end":"10:45","startHours":9.586129973019565,"endHours":10.74635691253388,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"10:45","end":"11:54","startHours":10.74635691253388,"endHours":11.906583852048193,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"11:54","end":"13:04","startHours":11.906583852048193,"endHours":13.06681079156251,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"13:04","end":"14:14","startHours":13.06681079156251,"endHours":14.227037731076823,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"14:14","end":"15:23","startHours":14.227037731076823,"endHours":15.387264670591138,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"15:23","end":"16:33","startHours":15.387264670591138,"endHours":16.547491610105453,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Kāla","start":"16:33","end":"18:23","startHours":16.547491610105453,"endHours":18.38726467059114,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"18:23","end":"20:14","startHours":18.38726467059114,"endHours":20.227037731076823,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"20:14","end":"22:04","startHours":20.227037731076823,"endHours":22.06681079156251,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"22:04","end":"23:54","startHours":22.06681079156251,"endHours":23.906583852048193,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"23:54","end":"01:45","startHours":23.906583852048193,"endHours":25.74635691253388,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"01:45","end":"03:35","startHours":25.74635691253388,"endHours":27.586129973019567,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"03:35","end":"05:26","startHours":27.586129973019567,"endHours":29.42590303350525,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"05:26","end":"07:16","startHours":29.42590303350525,"endHours":31.265676093990933,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"07:16","end":"08:16","startHours":7.265676093990935,"endHours":8.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"08:16","end":"09:16","startHours":8.265676093990935,"endHours":9.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"09:16","end":"10:16","startHours":9.265676093990935,"endHours":10.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"10:16","end":"11:16","startHours":10.265676093990935,"endHours":11.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"11:16","end":"12:16","startHours":11.265676093990935,"endHours":12.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"12:16","end":"13:16","startHours":12.265676093990935,"endHours":13.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"13:16","end":"14:16","startHours":13.265676093990935,"endHours":14.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"14:16","end":"15:16","startHours":14.265676093990935,"endHours":15.265676093990935,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"15:16","end":"16:16","startHours":15.265676093990935,"endHours":16.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"16:16","end":"17:16","startHours":16.265676093990933,"endHours":17.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"17:16","end":"18:16","startHours":17.265676093990933,"endHours":18.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"18:16","end":"19:16","startHours":18.265676093990933,"endHours":19.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"19:16","end":"20:16","startHours":19.265676093990933,"endHours":20.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"20:16","end":"21:16","startHours":20.265676093990933,"endHours":21.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"21:16","end":"22:16","startHours":21.265676093990933,"endHours":22.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"22:16","end":"23:16","startHours":22.265676093990933,"endHours":23.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"23:16","end":"00:16","startHours":23.265676093990933,"endHours":24.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"00:16","end":"01:16","startHours":24.265676093990933,"endHours":25.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"01:16","end":"02:16","startHours":25.265676093990933,"endHours":26.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"02:16","end":"03:16","startHours":26.265676093990933,"endHours":27.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"03:16","end":"04:16","startHours":27.265676093990933,"endHours":28.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"04:16","end":"05:16","startHours":28.265676093990933,"endHours":29.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"05:16","end":"06:16","startHours":29.265676093990933,"endHours":30.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"06:16","end":"07:16","startHours":30.265676093990933,"endHours":31.265676093990933,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Hasta","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Mithuna","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Karka","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"North (Uttara)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"North","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Lumba","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","vedicRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-23.36291482669991,"eotMinutes":3.253368877108411,"ayanamsa":24.2017}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2081,"vikram_samvatsara":"Piṅgala","saka_samvat":1946,"saka_samvatsara":"Krodhi","bengali_samvat":1431,"malayalam_era":1200,"nanakshahi_year":555,"lunar_month":"Pauṣa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Pauṣa","lunar_month_amanta":"Mārgaśīrṣa","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)","ritu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","display_summary":"Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā · Vikram 2081 Piṅgala · Śaka 1946 Krodhi"},"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":"edison-nj"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga December 17, 2024 CE · Edison, NJ, USA · Vidhyamitra","description":"December 17, 2024 CE for Edison, NJ, USA: Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā, sūryodaya 07:16, sūryāsta 16:33.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/edison-nj/2024-12-17","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/edison-nj/2024-12-17","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/edison-nj/2024-12-17","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/edison-nj/2024-12-17","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/edison-nj/2024-12-17"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-07-27T17:09:36.615Z","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":"2026-07-27T17:09:36.615Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-07-27T17:09:36.615Z","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"}}}