{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:howrah:2018-08-08:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2018-08-08","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2018-08-08","date_display":"August 8, 2018 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":2018,"month":8,"day":8,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458338.770833,"kali_year":5120,"ahargana":1869873.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":110.743,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":65.8343,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":27,"name":"Dvādaśī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī","elongation_degrees":315.0913,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":3.0913},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":65.8343,"elapsed_within_degrees":12.501},"yoga":{"number":14,"name":"Harṣaṇa","sum_longitude":176.5773},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":52,"name":"Kaulava"},"vara":{"number":5,"name":"Budhavāra (Wednesday)"}},"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":2018,"month":8,"day":8,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458338.770833,"ahargana":1869873.2708,"kali_year":5120,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.1128,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":111.36223799999999,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":63.947738000000015,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-2.8473},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":276.693838,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":112.937138,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":200.30663800000002,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":156.72313799999995,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":248.991938,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":105.1157,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":285.1157,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","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":"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":2018,"month":8,"day":8,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458338.770833,"kali_year":5120,"ahargana":1869873.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":110.743,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":65.8343,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":27,"name":"Dvādaśī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī","elongation_degrees":315.0913,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":3.0913},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":65.8343,"elapsed_within_degrees":12.501},"yoga":{"number":14,"name":"Harṣaṇa","sum_longitude":176.5773},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":52,"name":"Kaulava"},"vara":{"number":5,"name":"Budhavāra (Wednesday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.847,"elongation":44.909},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.847,"opposition_distance":135.091}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"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":"05:11","sunsetLocal":"18:14","solarNoonLocal":"11:42","dayLengthHours":13.05193591473628,"dayLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 03 Mins 07 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 56 Mins 53 Secs","moonriseLocal":"01:48","moonsetLocal":"15:17","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"11:42","end":"13:20","startHours":11.704911287325714,"endHours":13.336403276667749,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"06:49","end":"08:27","startHours":6.810435319299609,"endHours":8.441927308641644,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"10:04","end":"11:42","startHours":10.07341929798368,"endHours":11.704911287325714,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:13","end":"08:40","startHours":8.22439504339604,"endHours":8.659459573887249,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"05:43","end":"06:04","startHours":5.722773993071585,"endHours":6.0708256174645525,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:16","end":"12:08","startHours":11.269846756834504,"endHours":12.139975817816921,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"03:26","end":"04:19","startHours":3.4386852079927364,"endHours":4.308814268975155,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:05","end":"05:11","startHours":4.09128200372955,"endHours":5.178943329957574,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:53","end":"14:45","startHours":13.88023393978176,"endHours":14.75036300076418,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:02","end":"18:26","startHours":18.030879244693853,"endHours":18.430879244693852,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:14","end":"18:46","startHours":18.230879244693853,"endHours":18.774709907807864,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:59","end":"19:44","startHours":17.980879244693853,"endHours":19.730879244693853,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:16","end":"00:08","startHours":23.269846756834504,"endHours":24.139975817816925,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Labha","start":"05:11","end":"06:49","startHours":5.178943329957574,"endHours":6.810435319299609,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"06:49","end":"08:27","startHours":6.810435319299609,"endHours":8.441927308641644,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"08:27","end":"10:04","startHours":8.441927308641644,"endHours":10.07341929798368,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"10:04","end":"11:42","startHours":10.07341929798368,"endHours":11.704911287325714,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"11:42","end":"13:20","startHours":11.704911287325714,"endHours":13.336403276667749,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"13:20","end":"14:58","startHours":13.336403276667749,"endHours":14.967895266009783,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"14:58","end":"16:36","startHours":14.967895266009783,"endHours":16.599387255351818,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"16:36","end":"18:14","startHours":16.599387255351818,"endHours":18.230879244693853,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Udveg","start":"18:14","end":"19:36","startHours":18.230879244693853,"endHours":19.599387255351818,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"19:36","end":"20:58","startHours":19.599387255351818,"endHours":20.967895266009783,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"20:58","end":"22:20","startHours":20.967895266009783,"endHours":22.336403276667745,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"22:20","end":"23:42","startHours":22.336403276667745,"endHours":23.704911287325714,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"23:42","end":"01:04","startHours":23.704911287325714,"endHours":25.073419297983676,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"01:04","end":"02:27","startHours":25.073419297983676,"endHours":26.44192730864164,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"02:27","end":"03:49","startHours":26.44192730864164,"endHours":27.810435319299607,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:49","end":"05:11","startHours":27.810435319299607,"endHours":29.178943329957573,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:11","end":"06:11","startHours":5.178943329957574,"endHours":6.178943329957574,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:11","end":"07:11","startHours":6.178943329957574,"endHours":7.178943329957574,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:11","end":"08:11","startHours":7.178943329957574,"endHours":8.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:11","end":"09:11","startHours":8.178943329957573,"endHours":9.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:11","end":"10:11","startHours":9.178943329957573,"endHours":10.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:11","end":"11:11","startHours":10.178943329957573,"endHours":11.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:11","end":"12:11","startHours":11.178943329957573,"endHours":12.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:11","end":"13:11","startHours":12.178943329957573,"endHours":13.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:11","end":"14:11","startHours":13.178943329957573,"endHours":14.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:11","end":"15:11","startHours":14.178943329957573,"endHours":15.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:11","end":"16:11","startHours":15.178943329957573,"endHours":16.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:11","end":"17:11","startHours":16.178943329957573,"endHours":17.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:11","end":"18:11","startHours":17.178943329957573,"endHours":18.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:11","end":"19:11","startHours":18.178943329957573,"endHours":19.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:11","end":"20:11","startHours":19.178943329957573,"endHours":20.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:11","end":"21:11","startHours":20.178943329957573,"endHours":21.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:11","end":"22:11","startHours":21.178943329957573,"endHours":22.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:11","end":"23:11","startHours":22.178943329957573,"endHours":23.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:11","end":"00:11","startHours":23.178943329957573,"endHours":24.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:11","end":"01:11","startHours":24.178943329957573,"endHours":25.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:11","end":"02:11","startHours":25.178943329957573,"endHours":26.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:11","end":"03:11","startHours":26.178943329957573,"endHours":27.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:11","end":"04:11","startHours":27.178943329957573,"endHours":28.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:11","end":"05:11","startHours":28.178943329957573,"endHours":29.178943329957573,"planetary_lord":"Sun"}],"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","Mithuna","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Karka","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"North (Uttara)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"South-West","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Mṛtyu","quality":"Inauspicious"},"drikRitu":"Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)","vedicRitu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","drikAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization (Drikpanchang-parity)","declination":16.194440871255424,"eotMinutes":-5.349077239542768,"ayanamsa":24.1128}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2075,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhakṛt","saka_samvat":1940,"saka_samvatsara":"Vilambī","bengali_samvat":1425,"malayalam_era":1194,"nanakshahi_year":549,"lunar_month":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","solar_month":"Karkaṭa (Āḍi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī · Vikram 2075 Virodhakṛt · Śaka 1940 Vilambī"},"festivals":[{"id":"karka-sankranti","name":"Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)","name_sanskrit":"कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","associated_deity":"Sūrya Bhagavān","significance":"Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.","vrata":true,"detection":{"sun_rashi":"Karka"},"precedence":2}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"budha-walk","name":"Budha Walk","name_sanskrit":"बुध यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).","step_count":6,"url":"/walk/budha-walk"},"reason":"Budhavāra (Wednesday) — 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 8, 2018 CE · Howrah, West Bengal · Vidhyamitra","description":"August 8, 2018 CE for Howrah, West Bengal: Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī, sūryodaya 05:11, sūryāsta 18:14.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2018-08-08","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2018-08-08","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2018-08-08","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2018-08-08","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/howrah/2018-08-08"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-05-15T12:40:30.554Z","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":"2026-05-15T12:40:30.554Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["matches Drikpanchang ±1 minute on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-05-15T12:40:30.554Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa","Vidhyamitra-Tier2":"Pūrṇa"}}}