{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:kanchipuram:2018-01-23:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/kanchipuram/2018-01-23","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2018-01-23","date_display":"January 23, 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":"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":2018,"month":1,"day":23,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458141.770833,"kali_year":5119,"ahargana":1869676.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":278.7749,"rashi":10,"rashi_name":"Makara"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":349.1632,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"tithi":{"number":6,"name":"Ṣaṣṭhī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī","elongation_degrees":70.3882,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.3882},"nakshatra":{"number":27,"name":"Revatī","pada":1,"moon_longitude":349.1632,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.4965},"yoga":{"number":21,"name":"Siddha","sum_longitude":267.9381},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":11,"name":"Taitila"},"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":2018,"month":1,"day":23,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458141.770833,"ahargana":1869676.2708,"kali_year":5119,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.1053,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":278.866765,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":345.758665,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-3.6212},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":213.440965,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":17,"name":"Anurādhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":262.50056500000005,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":205.88606500000003,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":281.90636500000005,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":249.63996500000007,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":115.5537,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Āśleṣā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":295.5537,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","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":2018,"month":1,"day":23,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458141.770833,"kali_year":5119,"ahargana":1869676.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":278.7749,"rashi":10,"rashi_name":"Makara"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":349.1632,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"tithi":{"number":6,"name":"Ṣaṣṭhī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī","elongation_degrees":70.3882,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.3882},"nakshatra":{"number":27,"name":"Revatī","pada":1,"moon_longitude":349.1632,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.4965},"yoga":{"number":21,"name":"Siddha","sum_longitude":267.9381},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":11,"name":"Taitila"},"vara":{"number":4,"name":"Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-3.621,"elongation":70.388},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-3.621,"opposition_distance":109.612}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"kanchipuram","name":"Kāñcīpuram","lat":12.8342,"lon":79.7036,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Tamil Nadu","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"kanchipuram","name":"Kāñcīpuram","lat":12.8342,"lon":79.7036,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Tamil Nadu","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"06:38","sunsetLocal":"18:08","solarNoonLocal":"12:23","dayLengthHours":11.504446310923473,"dayLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 30 Mins 16 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 29 Mins 44 Secs","moonriseLocal":"10:45","moonsetLocal":"22:57","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"15:16","end":"16:42","startHours":15.259291537399498,"endHours":16.697347326264932,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"09:30","end":"10:57","startHours":9.50706838193776,"endHours":10.945124170803195,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"12:23","end":"13:49","startHours":12.38317995966863,"endHours":13.821235748534063,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:19","end":"09:42","startHours":9.315327610089037,"endHours":9.698809153786485,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:07","end":"07:25","startHours":7.110308733828704,"endHours":7.417093968786664,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"12:00","end":"12:46","startHours":11.99969841597118,"endHours":12.766661503366079,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"05:06","end":"05:52","startHours":5.097030629417096,"endHours":5.863993716811994,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"05:40","end":"06:38","startHours":5.67225294496327,"endHours":6.6309568042068925,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:18","end":"15:04","startHours":14.300587678155875,"endHours":15.067550765550774,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:56","end":"18:20","startHours":17.935403115130367,"endHours":18.335403115130365,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:08","end":"18:37","startHours":18.135403115130366,"endHours":18.614755044752176,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:53","end":"19:38","startHours":17.885403115130366,"endHours":19.635403115130366,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"00:00","end":"00:46","startHours":23.99969841597118,"endHours":24.76666150336608,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Roga","start":"06:38","end":"08:04","startHours":6.6309568042068925,"endHours":8.069012593072326,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"08:04","end":"09:30","startHours":8.069012593072326,"endHours":9.50706838193776,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"09:30","end":"10:57","startHours":9.50706838193776,"endHours":10.945124170803195,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"10:57","end":"12:23","startHours":10.945124170803195,"endHours":12.38317995966863,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"12:23","end":"13:49","startHours":12.38317995966863,"endHours":13.821235748534063,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"13:49","end":"15:16","startHours":13.821235748534063,"endHours":15.259291537399498,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"15:16","end":"16:42","startHours":15.259291537399498,"endHours":16.697347326264932,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"16:42","end":"18:08","startHours":16.697347326264932,"endHours":18.135403115130366,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Kāla","start":"18:08","end":"19:42","startHours":18.135403115130366,"endHours":19.697347326264932,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"19:42","end":"21:16","startHours":19.697347326264932,"endHours":21.2592915373995,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"21:16","end":"22:49","startHours":21.2592915373995,"endHours":22.821235748534065,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"22:49","end":"00:23","startHours":22.821235748534065,"endHours":24.38317995966863,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"00:23","end":"01:57","startHours":24.38317995966863,"endHours":25.945124170803197,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"01:57","end":"03:30","startHours":25.945124170803197,"endHours":27.50706838193776,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"03:30","end":"05:04","startHours":27.50706838193776,"endHours":29.069012593072326,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"05:04","end":"06:38","startHours":29.069012593072326,"endHours":30.630956804206892,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:38","end":"07:38","startHours":6.6309568042068925,"endHours":7.6309568042068925,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:38","end":"08:38","startHours":7.6309568042068925,"endHours":8.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:38","end":"09:38","startHours":8.630956804206892,"endHours":9.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:38","end":"10:38","startHours":9.630956804206892,"endHours":10.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:38","end":"11:38","startHours":10.630956804206892,"endHours":11.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:38","end":"12:38","startHours":11.630956804206892,"endHours":12.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:38","end":"13:38","startHours":12.630956804206892,"endHours":13.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:38","end":"14:38","startHours":13.630956804206892,"endHours":14.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:38","end":"15:38","startHours":14.630956804206892,"endHours":15.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:38","end":"16:38","startHours":15.630956804206892,"endHours":16.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:38","end":"17:38","startHours":16.630956804206892,"endHours":17.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:38","end":"18:38","startHours":17.630956804206892,"endHours":18.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:38","end":"19:38","startHours":18.630956804206892,"endHours":19.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:38","end":"20:38","startHours":19.630956804206892,"endHours":20.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:38","end":"21:38","startHours":20.630956804206892,"endHours":21.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:38","end":"22:38","startHours":21.630956804206892,"endHours":22.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:38","end":"23:38","startHours":22.630956804206892,"endHours":23.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:38","end":"00:38","startHours":23.630956804206892,"endHours":24.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:38","end":"01:38","startHours":24.630956804206892,"endHours":25.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:38","end":"02:38","startHours":25.630956804206892,"endHours":26.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:38","end":"03:38","startHours":26.630956804206892,"endHours":27.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:38","end":"04:38","startHours":27.630956804206892,"endHours":28.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:38","end":"05:38","startHours":28.630956804206892,"endHours":29.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:38","end":"06:38","startHours":29.630956804206892,"endHours":30.630956804206892,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"}],"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":["Vṛṣabha","Siṃha","Kanyā","Dhanu","Makara","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Mithuna","Karka","Tulā","Vṛścika","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"North (Uttara)","chandraVasa":"South-West","rahuVasa":"North","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Dhvaja","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-19.49180830914005,"eotMinutes":-11.805197580117738,"ayanamsa":24.1053}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2075,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhakṛt","saka_samvat":1940,"saka_samvatsara":"Vilambī","bengali_samvat":1425,"malayalam_era":1194,"nanakshahi_year":549,"lunar_month":"Māgha","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Māgha Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Māgha","lunar_month_amanta":"Māgha","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Makara (Tai)","ritu":"Śiśira (Winter)","display_summary":"Māgha Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī · Vikram 2075 Virodhakṛt · Śaka 1940 Vilambī"},"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":"kanchipuram"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga January 23, 2018 CE · Kāñcīpuram · Vidhyamitra","description":"January 23, 2018 CE for Kāñcīpuram: Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī, sūryodaya 06:38, sūryāsta 18:08.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/kanchipuram/2018-01-23","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/kanchipuram/2018-01-23","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/kanchipuram/2018-01-23","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/kanchipuram/2018-01-23","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/kanchipuram/2018-01-23"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-24T11:24:57.376Z","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":"2026-08-24T11:24:57.376Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-24T11:24:57.376Z","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"}}}