{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:haridwar:2023-02-20:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2023-02-20","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2023-02-20","date_display":"February 20, 2023 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":2023,"month":2,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2459995.770833,"kali_year":5124,"ahargana":1871530.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":307.0191,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":303.9719,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"tithi":{"number":30,"name":"Amāvasyā","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā","elongation_degrees":356.9528,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":8.9528},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":303.9719,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.6386},"yoga":{"number":19,"name":"Parigha","sum_longitude":250.991},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":59,"name":"Nāga"},"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":2023,"month":2,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2459995.770833,"ahargana":1871530.2708,"kali_year":5124,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.1762,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":306.953129,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":303.233929,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-4.3109},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":51.28272900000002,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":287.988829,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":345.748829,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":335.15572900000006,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":304.04742899999997,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":17.3198,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":197.3198,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","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":2023,"month":2,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2459995.770833,"kali_year":5124,"ahargana":1871530.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":307.0191,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":303.9719,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"tithi":{"number":30,"name":"Amāvasyā","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā","elongation_degrees":356.9528,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":8.9528},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":303.9719,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.6386},"yoga":{"number":19,"name":"Parigha","sum_longitude":250.991},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":59,"name":"Nāga"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.311,"elongation":3.047},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.311,"opposition_distance":176.953}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"haridwar","name":"Haridwār","lat":29.9457,"lon":78.1642,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"haridwar","name":"Haridwār","lat":29.9457,"lon":78.1642,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"06:54","sunsetLocal":"18:10","solarNoonLocal":"12:32","dayLengthHours":11.268298176732024,"dayLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 16 Mins 06 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 43 Mins 54 Secs","moonriseLocal":"06:43","moonsetLocal":"17:50","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"08:18","end":"09:43","startHours":8.301497267804193,"endHours":9.710034539895695,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"11:07","end":"12:32","startHours":11.118571811987199,"endHours":12.527109084078702,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:56","end":"15:21","startHours":13.935646356170205,"endHours":15.344183628261707,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:31","end":"09:54","startHours":9.522229570283496,"endHours":9.897839509507897,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:22","end":"07:40","startHours":7.362472419743191,"endHours":7.662960371122711,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"12:09","end":"12:54","startHours":12.151499144854302,"endHours":12.902719023303103,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"05:23","end":"06:09","startHours":5.390520238815086,"endHours":6.141740117263888,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"05:57","end":"06:54","startHours":5.953935147651688,"endHours":6.8929599957126895,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:24","end":"15:09","startHours":14.405158780200706,"endHours":15.156378658649508,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:58","end":"18:22","startHours":17.961258172444715,"endHours":18.361258172444714,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:10","end":"18:38","startHours":18.161258172444715,"endHours":18.630770596475216,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:55","end":"19:40","startHours":17.911258172444715,"endHours":19.661258172444715,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"00:09","end":"00:54","startHours":24.151499144854302,"endHours":24.902719023303103,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"06:54","end":"08:18","startHours":6.8929599957126895,"endHours":8.301497267804193,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"08:18","end":"09:43","startHours":8.301497267804193,"endHours":9.710034539895695,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"09:43","end":"11:07","startHours":9.710034539895695,"endHours":11.118571811987199,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"11:07","end":"12:32","startHours":11.118571811987199,"endHours":12.527109084078702,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"12:32","end":"13:56","startHours":12.527109084078702,"endHours":13.935646356170205,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:56","end":"15:21","startHours":13.935646356170205,"endHours":15.344183628261707,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"15:21","end":"16:45","startHours":15.344183628261707,"endHours":16.75272090035321,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"16:45","end":"18:10","startHours":16.75272090035321,"endHours":18.161258172444715,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"18:10","end":"19:45","startHours":18.161258172444715,"endHours":19.75272090035321,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"19:45","end":"21:21","startHours":19.75272090035321,"endHours":21.34418362826171,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"21:21","end":"22:56","startHours":21.34418362826171,"endHours":22.935646356170206,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:56","end":"00:32","startHours":22.935646356170206,"endHours":24.527109084078702,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:32","end":"02:07","startHours":24.527109084078702,"endHours":26.1185718119872,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"02:07","end":"03:43","startHours":26.1185718119872,"endHours":27.710034539895695,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:43","end":"05:18","startHours":27.710034539895695,"endHours":29.301497267804194,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"05:18","end":"06:54","startHours":29.301497267804194,"endHours":30.89295999571269,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:54","end":"07:54","startHours":6.8929599957126895,"endHours":7.8929599957126895,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:54","end":"08:54","startHours":7.8929599957126895,"endHours":8.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:54","end":"09:54","startHours":8.89295999571269,"endHours":9.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:54","end":"10:54","startHours":9.89295999571269,"endHours":10.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:54","end":"11:54","startHours":10.89295999571269,"endHours":11.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:54","end":"12:54","startHours":11.89295999571269,"endHours":12.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:54","end":"13:54","startHours":12.89295999571269,"endHours":13.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:54","end":"14:54","startHours":13.89295999571269,"endHours":14.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:54","end":"15:54","startHours":14.89295999571269,"endHours":15.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:54","end":"16:54","startHours":15.89295999571269,"endHours":16.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:54","end":"17:54","startHours":16.89295999571269,"endHours":17.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:54","end":"18:54","startHours":17.89295999571269,"endHours":18.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:54","end":"19:54","startHours":18.89295999571269,"endHours":19.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:54","end":"20:54","startHours":19.89295999571269,"endHours":20.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:54","end":"21:54","startHours":20.89295999571269,"endHours":21.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:54","end":"22:54","startHours":21.89295999571269,"endHours":22.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:54","end":"23:54","startHours":22.89295999571269,"endHours":23.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:54","end":"00:54","startHours":23.89295999571269,"endHours":24.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:54","end":"01:54","startHours":24.89295999571269,"endHours":25.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:54","end":"02:54","startHours":25.89295999571269,"endHours":26.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:54","end":"03:54","startHours":26.89295999571269,"endHours":27.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:54","end":"04:54","startHours":27.89295999571269,"endHours":28.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:54","end":"05:54","startHours":28.89295999571269,"endHours":29.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:54","end":"06:54","startHours":29.89295999571269,"endHours":30.89295999571269,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"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":["Meṣa","Karka","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Kumbha"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Mithuna","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Sushira","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Śiśira (Winter)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-11.071791776311471,"eotMinutes":-14.28334504472219,"ayanamsa":24.1762}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2080,"vikram_samvatsara":"Nala","saka_samvat":1945,"saka_samvatsara":"Śobhana","bengali_samvat":1430,"malayalam_era":1199,"nanakshahi_year":554,"lunar_month":"Phālguna","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Phālguna","lunar_month_amanta":"Māgha","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Kumbha (Māsi)","ritu":"Śiśira (Winter)","display_summary":"Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā · Vikram 2080 Nala · Śaka 1945 Śobhana"},"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":"haridwar"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga February 20, 2023 CE · Haridwār · Vidhyamitra","description":"February 20, 2023 CE for Haridwār: Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā, sūryodaya 06:54, sūryāsta 18:10.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2023-02-20","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2023-02-20","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2023-02-20","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2023-02-20","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2023-02-20"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-24T04:26:52.836Z","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":"2026-08-24T04:26:52.836Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-24T04:26:52.836Z","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"}}}