{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:gangotri:2024-12-06:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/gangotri/2024-12-06","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2024-12-06","date_display":"December 6, 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":"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":2024,"month":12,"day":6,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2460650.770833,"kali_year":5126,"ahargana":1872185.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":229.6853,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":288.1142,"rashi":10,"rashi_name":"Makara"},"tithi":{"number":5,"name":"Pañcamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Pañcamī","elongation_degrees":58.4289,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.4289},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":3,"moon_longitude":288.1142,"elapsed_within_degrees":8.1142},"yoga":{"number":12,"name":"Dhruva","sum_longitude":157.7994},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":9,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":0,"name":"Śukravāra (Friday)"}},"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":6,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2460650.770833,"ahargana":1872185.2708,"kali_year":5126,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.2013,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":230.20580299999995,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":287.309703,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-3.6623},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":101.614103,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":230.02570300000002,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":52.27270299999998,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":274.0560029999999,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":318.954303,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":342.6148,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":162.6148,"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":"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":2024,"month":12,"day":6,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2460650.770833,"kali_year":5126,"ahargana":1872185.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":229.6853,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":288.1142,"rashi":10,"rashi_name":"Makara"},"tithi":{"number":5,"name":"Pañcamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Pañcamī","elongation_degrees":58.4289,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.4289},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":3,"moon_longitude":288.1142,"elapsed_within_degrees":8.1142},"yoga":{"number":12,"name":"Dhruva","sum_longitude":157.7994},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":9,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":0,"name":"Śukravāra (Friday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-3.662,"elongation":58.429},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-3.662,"opposition_distance":121.571}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"gangotri","name":"Gaṅgotrī","lat":30.9947,"lon":78.9398,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha","elevation_m":3100},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"gangotri","name":"Gaṅgotrī","lat":30.9947,"lon":78.9398,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha","elevation_m":3100},"sunriseLocal":"06:59","sunsetLocal":"17:13","solarNoonLocal":"12:06","dayLengthHours":10.220893262210538,"dayLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 13 Mins 15 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 46 Mins 45 Secs","moonriseLocal":"10:35","moonsetLocal":"21:14","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"10:49","end":"12:06","startHours":10.824020350977825,"endHours":12.101632008754141,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"14:39","end":"15:56","startHours":14.656855324306775,"endHours":15.934466982083094,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"08:16","end":"09:33","startHours":8.268797035425191,"endHours":9.546408693201506,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:23","end":"09:43","startHours":9.376060472164665,"endHours":9.71675691423835,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:25","end":"07:41","startHours":7.417055930240979,"endHours":7.689613083899927,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:46","end":"12:27","startHours":11.760935566680457,"endHours":12.442328450827825,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"05:38","end":"06:19","startHours":5.628399609354134,"endHours":6.3097924935015035,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"06:08","end":"06:59","startHours":6.139444272464662,"endHours":6.991185377648873,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:48","end":"14:29","startHours":13.805114219122565,"endHours":14.486507103269934,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:01","end":"17:25","startHours":17.01207863985941,"endHours":17.41207863985941,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"17:13","end":"17:38","startHours":17.21207863985941,"endHours":17.637949192451515,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"16:58","end":"18:43","startHours":16.96207863985941,"endHours":18.71207863985941,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:46","end":"00:27","startHours":23.760935566680455,"endHours":24.442328450827826,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"06:59","end":"08:16","startHours":6.991185377648873,"endHours":8.268797035425191,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"08:16","end":"09:33","startHours":8.268797035425191,"endHours":9.546408693201506,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"09:33","end":"10:49","startHours":9.546408693201506,"endHours":10.824020350977825,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"10:49","end":"12:06","startHours":10.824020350977825,"endHours":12.101632008754141,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"12:06","end":"13:23","startHours":12.101632008754141,"endHours":13.37924366653046,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"13:23","end":"14:39","startHours":13.37924366653046,"endHours":14.656855324306775,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"14:39","end":"15:56","startHours":14.656855324306775,"endHours":15.934466982083094,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"15:56","end":"17:13","startHours":15.934466982083094,"endHours":17.21207863985941,"quality":"neutral"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Roga","start":"17:13","end":"18:56","startHours":17.21207863985941,"endHours":18.934466982083094,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"18:56","end":"20:39","startHours":18.934466982083094,"endHours":20.656855324306775,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"20:39","end":"22:23","startHours":20.656855324306775,"endHours":22.379243666530456,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"22:23","end":"00:06","startHours":22.379243666530456,"endHours":24.10163200875414,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"00:06","end":"01:49","startHours":24.10163200875414,"endHours":25.824020350977825,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"01:49","end":"03:33","startHours":25.824020350977825,"endHours":27.546408693201506,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"03:33","end":"05:16","startHours":27.546408693201506,"endHours":29.268797035425187,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"05:16","end":"06:59","startHours":29.268797035425187,"endHours":30.991185377648872,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:59","end":"07:59","startHours":6.991185377648873,"endHours":7.991185377648873,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:59","end":"08:59","startHours":7.991185377648873,"endHours":8.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:59","end":"09:59","startHours":8.991185377648872,"endHours":9.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:59","end":"10:59","startHours":9.991185377648872,"endHours":10.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:59","end":"11:59","startHours":10.991185377648872,"endHours":11.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:59","end":"12:59","startHours":11.991185377648872,"endHours":12.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:59","end":"13:59","startHours":12.991185377648872,"endHours":13.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:59","end":"14:59","startHours":13.991185377648872,"endHours":14.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:59","end":"15:59","startHours":14.991185377648872,"endHours":15.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:59","end":"16:59","startHours":15.991185377648872,"endHours":16.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:59","end":"17:59","startHours":16.991185377648872,"endHours":17.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:59","end":"18:59","startHours":17.991185377648872,"endHours":18.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:59","end":"19:59","startHours":18.991185377648872,"endHours":19.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:59","end":"20:59","startHours":19.991185377648872,"endHours":20.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:59","end":"21:59","startHours":20.991185377648872,"endHours":21.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:59","end":"22:59","startHours":21.991185377648872,"endHours":22.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:59","end":"23:59","startHours":22.991185377648872,"endHours":23.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:59","end":"00:59","startHours":23.991185377648872,"endHours":24.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:59","end":"01:59","startHours":24.991185377648872,"endHours":25.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:59","end":"02:59","startHours":25.991185377648872,"endHours":26.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:59","end":"03:59","startHours":26.991185377648872,"endHours":27.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:59","end":"04:59","startHours":27.991185377648872,"endHours":28.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:59","end":"05:59","startHours":28.991185377648872,"endHours":29.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:59","end":"06:59","startHours":29.991185377648872,"endHours":30.991185377648872,"planetary_lord":"Mars"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Mithuna","Karka","Tulā","Vṛścika","Makara","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Vṛṣabha","Siṃha","Kanyā","Dhanu","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"West (Paścim)","chandraVasa":"South-East","rahuVasa":"South-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Padma","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":-22.52548136789989,"eotMinutes":8.142879474751563,"ayanamsa":24.2013}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2081,"vikram_samvatsara":"Piṅgala","saka_samvat":1946,"saka_samvatsara":"Krodhi","bengali_samvat":1431,"malayalam_era":1200,"nanakshahi_year":555,"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 Pañcamī · Vikram 2081 Piṅgala · Śaka 1946 Krodhi"},"festivals":[],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"shukra-walk","name":"Śukra Walk","name_sanskrit":"शुक्र यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.","step_count":5,"url":"/walk/shukra-walk"},"reason":"Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"gangotri"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga December 6, 2024 CE · Gaṅgotrī · Vidhyamitra","description":"December 6, 2024 CE for Gaṅgotrī: Śukla Pañcamī, sūryodaya 06:59, sūryāsta 17:13.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/gangotri/2024-12-06","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/gangotri/2024-12-06","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/gangotri/2024-12-06","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/gangotri/2024-12-06","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/gangotri/2024-12-06"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:30:52.353Z","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":"2026-08-27T18:30:52.353Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-27T18:30:52.353Z","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"}}}