{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:noida:2002-12-16:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/noida/2002-12-16","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2002-12-16","date_display":"December 16, 2002 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":2002,"month":12,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2452624.770833,"kali_year":5104,"ahargana":1864159.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":239.6179,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":15.91,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"tithi":{"number":12,"name":"Dvādaśī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Dvādaśī","elongation_degrees":136.2921,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.2921},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":1,"moon_longitude":15.91,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.5766},"yoga":{"number":20,"name":"Śiva","sum_longitude":255.5279},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":22,"name":"Bava"},"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":2002,"month":12,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2452624.770833,"ahargana":1864159.2708,"kali_year":5104,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.8943,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":240.00385500000004,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":17.662154999999984,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":2},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-2.3803},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":195.38145499999996,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":256.97345500000006,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":113.89135499999998,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":196.27325500000006,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":61.73395500000004,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":47.8709,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":227.8709,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","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":2002,"month":12,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2452624.770833,"kali_year":5104,"ahargana":1864159.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":239.6179,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":15.91,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"tithi":{"number":12,"name":"Dvādaśī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Dvādaśī","elongation_degrees":136.2921,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.2921},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":1,"moon_longitude":15.91,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.5766},"yoga":{"number":20,"name":"Śiva","sum_longitude":255.5279},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":22,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.38,"elongation":136.292},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.38,"opposition_distance":43.708}},"eclipse_window_40days":[{"offset_days":-12,"type":"solar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":0.273,"elongation":2.306},{"offset_days":4,"type":"lunar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":1.434,"opposition_distance":2.531}]},"city":{"slug":"noida","name":"Noida, Uttar Pradesh","lat":28.5355,"lon":77.391,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttar Pradesh","country":"IN","tier":"tier-1"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"noida","name":"Noida, Uttar Pradesh","lat":28.5355,"lon":77.391,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttar Pradesh","country":"IN","tier":"tier-1"},"sunriseLocal":"07:07","sunsetLocal":"17:27","solarNoonLocal":"12:17","dayLengthHours":10.335869494003793,"dayLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 20 Mins 09 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 39 Mins 51 Secs","moonriseLocal":"14:50","moonsetLocal":"04:04","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"08:24","end":"09:42","startHours":8.40270032596237,"endHours":9.694684012712845,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:59","end":"12:17","startHours":10.986667699463318,"endHours":12.278651386213792,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:34","end":"14:52","startHours":13.570635072964267,"endHours":14.86261875971474,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:31","end":"09:52","startHours":9.522419521146114,"endHours":9.866948504279573,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:32","end":"07:49","startHours":7.541377868128721,"endHours":7.817001054635488,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:56","end":"12:37","startHours":11.934122403080332,"endHours":12.623180369347251,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"05:44","end":"06:25","startHours":5.732600706678057,"endHours":6.421658672944976,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"06:15","end":"07:07","startHours":6.249394181378246,"endHours":7.110716639211896,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:00","end":"14:41","startHours":14.00129630188109,"endHours":14.69035426814801,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:15","end":"17:39","startHours":17.24658613321569,"endHours":17.64658613321569,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"17:27","end":"17:53","startHours":17.44658613321569,"endHours":17.877247362132515,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:12","end":"18:57","startHours":17.19658613321569,"endHours":18.94658613321569,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:56","end":"00:37","startHours":23.93412240308033,"endHours":24.623180369347253,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"07:07","end":"08:24","startHours":7.110716639211896,"endHours":8.40270032596237,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"08:24","end":"09:42","startHours":8.40270032596237,"endHours":9.694684012712845,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"09:42","end":"10:59","startHours":9.694684012712845,"endHours":10.986667699463318,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:59","end":"12:17","startHours":10.986667699463318,"endHours":12.278651386213792,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"12:17","end":"13:34","startHours":12.278651386213792,"endHours":13.570635072964267,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:34","end":"14:52","startHours":13.570635072964267,"endHours":14.86261875971474,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"14:52","end":"16:09","startHours":14.86261875971474,"endHours":16.154602446465216,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"16:09","end":"17:27","startHours":16.154602446465216,"endHours":17.44658613321569,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"17:27","end":"19:09","startHours":17.44658613321569,"endHours":19.154602446465216,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"19:09","end":"20:52","startHours":19.154602446465216,"endHours":20.862618759714742,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"20:52","end":"22:34","startHours":20.862618759714742,"endHours":22.570635072964265,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:34","end":"00:17","startHours":22.570635072964265,"endHours":24.27865138621379,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:17","end":"01:59","startHours":24.27865138621379,"endHours":25.986667699463318,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:59","end":"03:42","startHours":25.986667699463318,"endHours":27.694684012712845,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:42","end":"05:24","startHours":27.694684012712845,"endHours":29.40270032596237,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"05:24","end":"07:07","startHours":29.40270032596237,"endHours":31.110716639211894,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"07:07","end":"08:07","startHours":7.110716639211896,"endHours":8.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"08:07","end":"09:07","startHours":8.110716639211896,"endHours":9.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"09:07","end":"10:07","startHours":9.110716639211896,"endHours":10.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"10:07","end":"11:07","startHours":10.110716639211896,"endHours":11.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"11:07","end":"12:07","startHours":11.110716639211896,"endHours":12.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"12:07","end":"13:07","startHours":12.110716639211896,"endHours":13.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"13:07","end":"14:07","startHours":13.110716639211896,"endHours":14.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"14:07","end":"15:07","startHours":14.110716639211896,"endHours":15.110716639211896,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"15:07","end":"16:07","startHours":15.110716639211896,"endHours":16.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"16:07","end":"17:07","startHours":16.110716639211894,"endHours":17.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"17:07","end":"18:07","startHours":17.110716639211894,"endHours":18.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"18:07","end":"19:07","startHours":18.110716639211894,"endHours":19.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"19:07","end":"20:07","startHours":19.110716639211894,"endHours":20.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"20:07","end":"21:07","startHours":20.110716639211894,"endHours":21.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"21:07","end":"22:07","startHours":21.110716639211894,"endHours":22.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"22:07","end":"23:07","startHours":22.110716639211894,"endHours":23.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"23:07","end":"00:07","startHours":23.110716639211894,"endHours":24.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"00:07","end":"01:07","startHours":24.110716639211894,"endHours":25.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"01:07","end":"02:07","startHours":25.110716639211894,"endHours":26.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"02:07","end":"03:07","startHours":26.110716639211894,"endHours":27.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"03:07","end":"04:07","startHours":27.110716639211894,"endHours":28.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"04:07","end":"05:07","startHours":28.110716639211894,"endHours":29.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"05:07","end":"06:07","startHours":29.110716639211894,"endHours":30.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"06:07","end":"07:07","startHours":30.110716639211894,"endHours":31.110716639211894,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Mithuna","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Kumbha"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Karka","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"East","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Dhvānkṣa","quality":"Inauspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","vedicRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-23.295858682433455,"eotMinutes":3.716916827172506,"ayanamsa":23.8943}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2059,"vikram_samvatsara":"Manmatha","saka_samvat":1924,"saka_samvatsara":"Citrabhānu","bengali_samvat":1409,"malayalam_era":1178,"nanakshahi_year":533,"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":"Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)","ritu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","display_summary":"Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Dvādaśī · Vikram 2059 Manmatha · Śaka 1924 Citrabhānu"},"festivals":[{"id":"dhanu-sankranti","name":"Dhanu Saṅkrānti","name_sanskrit":"धनु सङ्क्रान्ति","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","significance":"Sun enters Sagittarius; Dhanu-māsa (Khara-māsa).","vrata":false,"detection":{"sun_rashi_ingress":"Dhanu"},"precedence":5}],"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":"Dedicated festival walk for Dhanu Saṅkrānti is not live yet; Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"noida"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga December 16, 2002 CE · Noida, Uttar Pradesh · Vidhyamitra","description":"December 16, 2002 CE for Noida, Uttar Pradesh: Śukla Dvādaśī, sūryodaya 07:07, sūryāsta 17:27.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/noida/2002-12-16","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/noida/2002-12-16","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/noida/2002-12-16","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/noida/2002-12-16","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/noida/2002-12-16"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T01:39:34.797Z","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":"2026-09-04T01:39:34.797Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-04T01:39:34.797Z","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"}}}