{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:rishikesh:1996-05-10:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/rishikesh/1996-05-10","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"1996-05-10","date_display":"May 10, 1996 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":1996,"month":5,"day":10,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2450213.770833,"kali_year":5098,"ahargana":1861748.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":25.8828,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":291.9869,"rashi":10,"rashi_name":"Makara"},"tithi":{"number":23,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":266.1041,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":2.1041},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":4,"moon_longitude":291.9869,"elapsed_within_degrees":11.9869},"yoga":{"number":24,"name":"Śukla","sum_longitude":317.8697},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":44,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":0,"name":"Śukravāra (Friday)"}},"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":1996,"month":5,"day":10,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2450213.770833,"ahargana":1861748.2708,"kali_year":5098,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.8021,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":25.86377299999998,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":293.592573,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false,"latitude":4.0309},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":11.708172999999988,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":33.624573,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":3,"name":"Kṛttikā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":263.915473,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":62.73027300000001,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":339.817173,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":175.6173,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":355.6173,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":27,"name":"Revatī","pada":3},"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":1996,"month":5,"day":10,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2450213.770833,"kali_year":5098,"ahargana":1861748.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":25.8828,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":291.9869,"rashi":10,"rashi_name":"Makara"},"tithi":{"number":23,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":266.1041,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":2.1041},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":4,"moon_longitude":291.9869,"elapsed_within_degrees":11.9869},"yoga":{"number":24,"name":"Śukla","sum_longitude":317.8697},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":44,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":0,"name":"Śukravāra (Friday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":4.031,"elongation":93.896},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":4.031,"opposition_distance":86.104}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"rishikesh","name":"Ṛṣikeśa","lat":30.0869,"lon":78.2676,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"rishikesh","name":"Ṛṣikeśa","lat":30.0869,"lon":78.2676,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"05:27","sunsetLocal":"19:00","solarNoonLocal":"12:13","dayLengthHours":13.553588614657514,"dayLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 33 Mins 13 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 26 Mins 47 Secs","moonriseLocal":"00:39","moonsetLocal":"11:30","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"10:32","end":"12:13","startHours":10.526684326100252,"endHours":12.220882902932441,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"15:37","end":"17:18","startHours":15.60928005659682,"endHours":17.30347863342901,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"07:08","end":"08:50","startHours":7.138287172435874,"endHours":8.832485749268063,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:36","end":"09:04","startHours":8.606592605690437,"endHours":9.058378892845688,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:01","end":"06:22","startHours":6.008821454547747,"endHours":6.370250484271947,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:46","end":"12:40","startHours":11.76909661577719,"endHours":12.672669190087692,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"03:38","end":"04:32","startHours":3.6369434469826825,"endHours":4.540516021293183,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:19","end":"05:27","startHours":4.314622877715559,"endHours":5.444088595603684,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:29","end":"15:23","startHours":14.479814338708692,"endHours":15.383386913019192,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:48","end":"19:12","startHours":18.7976772102612,"endHours":19.197677210261197,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"19:00","end":"19:34","startHours":18.997677210261198,"endHours":19.56241006920526,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:45","end":"20:30","startHours":18.747677210261198,"endHours":20.497677210261198,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:46","end":"00:40","startHours":23.76909661577719,"endHours":24.672669190087692,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"05:27","end":"07:08","startHours":5.444088595603684,"endHours":7.138287172435874,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"07:08","end":"08:50","startHours":7.138287172435874,"endHours":8.832485749268063,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"08:50","end":"10:32","startHours":8.832485749268063,"endHours":10.526684326100252,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"10:32","end":"12:13","startHours":10.526684326100252,"endHours":12.220882902932441,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"12:13","end":"13:55","startHours":12.220882902932441,"endHours":13.91508147976463,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"13:55","end":"15:37","startHours":13.91508147976463,"endHours":15.60928005659682,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"15:37","end":"17:18","startHours":15.60928005659682,"endHours":17.30347863342901,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"17:18","end":"19:00","startHours":17.30347863342901,"endHours":18.997677210261198,"quality":"neutral"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Roga","start":"19:00","end":"20:18","startHours":18.997677210261198,"endHours":20.30347863342901,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"20:18","end":"21:37","startHours":20.30347863342901,"endHours":21.60928005659682,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"21:37","end":"22:55","startHours":21.60928005659682,"endHours":22.91508147976463,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"22:55","end":"00:13","startHours":22.91508147976463,"endHours":24.22088290293244,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"00:13","end":"01:32","startHours":24.22088290293244,"endHours":25.526684326100252,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"01:32","end":"02:50","startHours":25.526684326100252,"endHours":26.832485749268063,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"02:50","end":"04:08","startHours":26.832485749268063,"endHours":28.138287172435874,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"04:08","end":"05:27","startHours":28.138287172435874,"endHours":29.444088595603684,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:27","end":"06:27","startHours":5.444088595603684,"endHours":6.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:27","end":"07:27","startHours":6.444088595603684,"endHours":7.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:27","end":"08:27","startHours":7.444088595603684,"endHours":8.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:27","end":"09:27","startHours":8.444088595603684,"endHours":9.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:27","end":"10:27","startHours":9.444088595603684,"endHours":10.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:27","end":"11:27","startHours":10.444088595603684,"endHours":11.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:27","end":"12:27","startHours":11.444088595603684,"endHours":12.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:27","end":"13:27","startHours":12.444088595603684,"endHours":13.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:27","end":"14:27","startHours":13.444088595603684,"endHours":14.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:27","end":"15:27","startHours":14.444088595603684,"endHours":15.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:27","end":"16:27","startHours":15.444088595603684,"endHours":16.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:27","end":"17:27","startHours":16.444088595603684,"endHours":17.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:27","end":"18:27","startHours":17.444088595603684,"endHours":18.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:27","end":"19:27","startHours":18.444088595603684,"endHours":19.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:27","end":"20:27","startHours":19.444088595603684,"endHours":20.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:27","end":"21:27","startHours":20.444088595603684,"endHours":21.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:27","end":"22:27","startHours":21.444088595603684,"endHours":22.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:27","end":"23:27","startHours":22.444088595603684,"endHours":23.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:27","end":"00:27","startHours":23.444088595603684,"endHours":24.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:27","end":"01:27","startHours":24.444088595603684,"endHours":25.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:27","end":"02:27","startHours":25.444088595603684,"endHours":26.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:27","end":"03:27","startHours":26.444088595603684,"endHours":27.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:27","end":"04:27","startHours":27.444088595603684,"endHours":28.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:27","end":"05:27","startHours":28.444088595603684,"endHours":29.444088595603684,"planetary_lord":"Mars"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Mithuna","Karka","Tulā","Vṛścika","Makara","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Vṛṣabha","Siṃha","Kanyā","Dhanu","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"West (Paścim)","chandraVasa":"South-East","rahuVasa":"South-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Padma","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Vasanta (Spring)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":17.64898277235547,"eotMinutes":3.6766258240534686,"ayanamsa":23.8021}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2053,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhi","saka_samvat":1918,"saka_samvatsara":"Dhātṛ","bengali_samvat":1403,"malayalam_era":1172,"nanakshahi_year":527,"lunar_month":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Jyeṣṭha","lunar_month_amanta":"Vaiśākha","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)","ritu":"Grīṣma (Summer)","display_summary":"Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī · Vikram 2053 Virodhi · Śaka 1918 Dhātṛ"},"festivals":[],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"shukra-walk","name":"Śukra Walk","name_sanskrit":"शुक्र यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.","step_count":5,"url":"/walk/shukra-walk"},"reason":"Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"rishikesh"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga May 10, 1996 CE · Ṛṣikeśa · Vidhyamitra","description":"May 10, 1996 CE for Ṛṣikeśa: Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī, sūryodaya 05:27, sūryāsta 19:00.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/rishikesh/1996-05-10","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/rishikesh/1996-05-10","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/rishikesh/1996-05-10","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/rishikesh/1996-05-10","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/rishikesh/1996-05-10"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-09T05:25:53.735Z","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":"2026-08-09T05:25:53.735Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-09T05:25:53.735Z","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":["Goloka/Vraja Rādhā-Krishna","Vaikuṇṭha Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa","Mahāviṣṇu/Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu","Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu","Brahmā","Kṣīrodaka Paramātmā/Antaryāmī (Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu)","Bhūmi","reader's own kṣetra anywhere on Bhūmi","exact reading kṣetra","reader-bhakta","chitta/vāṇī/aṅgulī","keyboard-silicon-pathways","Vidhyāmitra substrate","reader/seer","Krishna"],"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"}}}