{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:howrah:2009-08-01:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2009-08-01","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2009-08-01","date_display":"August 1, 2009 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":2009,"month":8,"day":1,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2455044.770833,"kali_year":5111,"ahargana":1866579.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":104.3939,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":227.6665,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"tithi":{"number":11,"name":"Ekādaśī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Ekādaśī","elongation_degrees":123.2726,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":3.2726},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":227.6665,"elapsed_within_degrees":0.9998},"yoga":{"number":25,"name":"Brahma","sum_longitude":332.0604},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":20,"name":"Vaṇija"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"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":2009,"month":8,"day":1,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2455044.770833,"ahargana":1866579.2708,"kali_year":5111,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.9869,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":104.95349299999998,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":230.56789300000003,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-3.5438},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":49.642292999999995,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":122.63409300000001,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":300.189293,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":65.82079299999998,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":145.13519299999996,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":11,"name":"Pūrva Phalgunī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":279.6476,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":99.6476,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":2},"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":2009,"month":8,"day":1,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2455044.770833,"kali_year":5111,"ahargana":1866579.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":104.3939,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":227.6665,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"tithi":{"number":11,"name":"Ekādaśī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Ekādaśī","elongation_degrees":123.2726,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":3.2726},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":227.6665,"elapsed_within_degrees":0.9998},"yoga":{"number":25,"name":"Brahma","sum_longitude":332.0604},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":20,"name":"Vaṇija"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-3.544,"elongation":123.273},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-3.544,"opposition_distance":56.727}},"eclipse_window_40days":[{"offset_days":-10,"type":"solar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":0.483,"elongation":0.894},{"offset_days":5,"type":"lunar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":0.825,"opposition_distance":0.804}]},"city":{"slug":"howrah","name":"Howrah, West Bengal","lat":22.5958,"lon":88.2636,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"West Bengal","country":"IN","tier":"tier-1"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"howrah","name":"Howrah, West Bengal","lat":22.5958,"lon":88.2636,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"West Bengal","country":"IN","tier":"tier-1"},"sunriseLocal":"05:08","sunsetLocal":"18:18","solarNoonLocal":"11:43","dayLengthHours":13.16529888386338,"dayLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 09 Mins 55 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 50 Mins 05 Secs","moonriseLocal":"14:42","moonsetLocal":"01:28","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"08:25","end":"10:04","startHours":8.424729776812658,"endHours":10.070392137295581,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"13:22","end":"15:00","startHours":13.361716858261426,"endHours":15.007379218744349,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"05:08","end":"06:47","startHours":5.133405055846813,"endHours":6.7790674163297355,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:12","end":"08:39","startHours":8.205308128748268,"endHours":8.644151424877048,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"05:41","end":"06:02","startHours":5.681959176007787,"endHours":6.03303381291081,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:17","end":"12:09","startHours":11.277211201649726,"endHours":12.154897793907283,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"03:23","end":"04:15","startHours":3.3780318713316957,"endHours":4.255718463589254,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:02","end":"05:08","startHours":4.036296815524865,"endHours":5.133405055846813,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:55","end":"14:47","startHours":13.910270978422401,"endHours":14.78795757067996,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:06","end":"18:30","startHours":18.098703939710195,"endHours":18.498703939710193,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:18","end":"18:51","startHours":18.298703939710194,"endHours":18.84725805987117,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:03","end":"19:48","startHours":18.048703939710194,"endHours":19.798703939710194,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:17","end":"00:09","startHours":23.277211201649724,"endHours":24.154897793907285,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Kāla","start":"05:08","end":"06:47","startHours":5.133405055846813,"endHours":6.7790674163297355,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"06:47","end":"08:25","startHours":6.7790674163297355,"endHours":8.424729776812658,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"08:25","end":"10:04","startHours":8.424729776812658,"endHours":10.070392137295581,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"10:04","end":"11:43","startHours":10.070392137295581,"endHours":11.716054497778504,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"11:43","end":"13:22","startHours":11.716054497778504,"endHours":13.361716858261426,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"13:22","end":"15:00","startHours":13.361716858261426,"endHours":15.007379218744349,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"15:00","end":"16:39","startHours":15.007379218744349,"endHours":16.65304157922727,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"16:39","end":"18:18","startHours":16.65304157922727,"endHours":18.298703939710194,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Labha","start":"18:18","end":"19:39","startHours":18.298703939710194,"endHours":19.65304157922727,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"19:39","end":"21:00","startHours":19.65304157922727,"endHours":21.007379218744347,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"21:00","end":"22:22","startHours":21.007379218744347,"endHours":22.361716858261424,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"22:22","end":"23:43","startHours":22.361716858261424,"endHours":23.716054497778504,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"23:43","end":"01:04","startHours":23.716054497778504,"endHours":25.07039213729558,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"01:04","end":"02:25","startHours":25.07039213729558,"endHours":26.424729776812658,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"02:25","end":"03:47","startHours":26.424729776812658,"endHours":27.779067416329738,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"03:47","end":"05:08","startHours":27.779067416329738,"endHours":29.133405055846815,"quality":"auspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:08","end":"06:08","startHours":5.133405055846813,"endHours":6.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:08","end":"07:08","startHours":6.133405055846813,"endHours":7.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:08","end":"08:08","startHours":7.133405055846813,"endHours":8.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:08","end":"09:08","startHours":8.133405055846813,"endHours":9.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:08","end":"10:08","startHours":9.133405055846813,"endHours":10.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:08","end":"11:08","startHours":10.133405055846813,"endHours":11.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:08","end":"12:08","startHours":11.133405055846813,"endHours":12.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:08","end":"13:08","startHours":12.133405055846813,"endHours":13.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:08","end":"14:08","startHours":13.133405055846813,"endHours":14.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:08","end":"15:08","startHours":14.133405055846813,"endHours":15.133405055846813,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:08","end":"16:08","startHours":15.133405055846813,"endHours":16.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:08","end":"17:08","startHours":16.133405055846815,"endHours":17.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:08","end":"18:08","startHours":17.133405055846815,"endHours":18.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:08","end":"19:08","startHours":18.133405055846815,"endHours":19.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:08","end":"20:08","startHours":19.133405055846815,"endHours":20.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:08","end":"21:08","startHours":20.133405055846815,"endHours":21.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:08","end":"22:08","startHours":21.133405055846815,"endHours":22.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:08","end":"23:08","startHours":22.133405055846815,"endHours":23.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:08","end":"00:08","startHours":23.133405055846815,"endHours":24.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:08","end":"01:08","startHours":24.133405055846815,"endHours":25.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:08","end":"02:08","startHours":25.133405055846815,"endHours":26.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:08","end":"03:08","startHours":26.133405055846815,"endHours":27.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:08","end":"04:08","startHours":27.133405055846815,"endHours":28.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:08","end":"05:08","startHours":28.133405055846815,"endHours":29.133405055846815,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"}],"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":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"North-East","rahuVasa":"East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Padma","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":18.0204488493168,"eotMinutes":-6.017669866710306,"ayanamsa":23.9869}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2066,"vikram_samvatsara":"Śubhakṛt","saka_samvat":1931,"saka_samvatsara":"Virodhi","bengali_samvat":1416,"malayalam_era":1185,"nanakshahi_year":540,"lunar_month":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_amanta":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Karkaṭa (Āḍi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Śrāvaṇa Śukla Ekādaśī · Vikram 2066 Śubhakṛt · Śaka 1931 Virodhi"},"festivals":[{"id":"pavitropana-ekadashi","name":"Pavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)","name_sanskrit":"पवित्रोपना एकादशी","tradition":"Vaishnava","associated_deity":"Bhagavān Viṣṇu","significance":"Confers son; pavitra (sacred thread) ceremony for Viṣṇu.","vrata":true,"detection":{"tithi_number":11,"tithi_paksha":"Śukla","lunar_month":"Śrāvaṇa"},"precedence":4},{"id":"ekadashi","name":"Ekādaśī","name_sanskrit":"एकादशी","tradition":"Vaishnava","associated_deity":"Bhagavān Viṣṇu","significance":"Sacred to Bhagavān Viṣṇu; vrata for purification.","vrata":true,"detection":{"any_of":[{"tithi_number":11},{"tithi_number":26}]},"precedence":5}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"shani-walk","name":"Śani Walk","name_sanskrit":"शनि यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.","step_count":7,"url":"/walk/shani-walk"},"reason":"Dedicated festival walk for Pavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā) · Ekādaśī is not live yet; Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"howrah"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga August 1, 2009 CE · Howrah, West Bengal · Vidhyamitra","description":"August 1, 2009 CE for Howrah, West Bengal: Śukla Ekādaśī, sūryodaya 05:08, sūryāsta 18:18.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2009-08-01","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2009-08-01","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2009-08-01","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2009-08-01","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2009-08-01"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T20:55:10.712Z","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":"2026-09-04T20:55:10.712Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-04T20:55:10.712Z","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"}}}