{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:varanasi:-0468-01-12:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0468-01-12","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"-0468-01-12","date_display":"January 12, 469 BCE","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":-468,"month":1,"day":12,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1550131.770833,"kali_year":2633,"ahargana":961666.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":302.5204,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":330.6826,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"tithi":{"number":3,"name":"Tṛtīyā","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Tṛtīyā","elongation_degrees":28.1622,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.1622},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":330.6826,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.6826},"yoga":{"number":21,"name":"Siddha","sum_longitude":273.2029},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":4,"name":"Taitila"},"vara":{"number":6,"name":"Guruvāra (Thursday)"}},"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":-468,"month":1,"day":12,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1550131.770833,"ahargana":961666.2708,"kali_year":2633,"ayanamsa_lahiri":-10.6227,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":302.5204,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":330.6826,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-1.2098},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":289.0387,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":296.5128,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":343.3816,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":295.2639,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":124.9441,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":346.2931,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":166.2931,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","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":-468,"month":1,"day":12,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1550131.770833,"kali_year":2633,"ahargana":961666.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":302.5204,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":330.6826,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"tithi":{"number":3,"name":"Tṛtīyā","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Tṛtīyā","elongation_degrees":28.1622,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.1622},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":330.6826,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.6826},"yoga":{"number":21,"name":"Siddha","sum_longitude":273.2029},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":4,"name":"Taitila"},"vara":{"number":6,"name":"Guruvāra (Thursday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-1.21,"elongation":28.162},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-1.21,"opposition_distance":151.838}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"varanasi","name":"Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)","lat":25.3176,"lon":82.9739,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttar Pradesh","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"varanasi","name":"Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)","lat":25.3176,"lon":82.9739,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttar Pradesh","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"06:46","sunsetLocal":"17:27","solarNoonLocal":"12:06","dayLengthHours":10.690802235256232,"dayLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 41 Mins 27 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 18 Mins 33 Secs","moonriseLocal":"08:25","moonsetLocal":"19:33","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"13:27","end":"14:47","startHours":13.442514990013326,"endHours":14.778865269420358,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"06:46","end":"08:06","startHours":6.760763592978182,"endHours":8.097113872385211,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"09:26","end":"10:46","startHours":9.43346415179224,"endHours":10.769814431199269,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"09:15","end":"09:37","startHours":9.25528411453797,"endHours":9.61164418904651,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:12","end":"07:29","startHours":7.206213686113858,"endHours":7.491301745720691,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:45","end":"12:28","startHours":11.749804636097759,"endHours":12.462524785114839,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"05:20","end":"06:03","startHours":5.3353232949440175,"endHours":6.0480434439611,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"05:52","end":"06:46","startHours":5.86986340670683,"endHours":6.760763592978182,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:53","end":"14:36","startHours":13.887965083149004,"endHours":14.600685232166086,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:15","end":"17:39","startHours":17.251565828234416,"endHours":17.651565828234414,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"17:27","end":"17:54","startHours":17.451565828234415,"endHours":17.89701592137009,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:12","end":"18:57","startHours":17.201565828234415,"endHours":18.951565828234415,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:45","end":"00:28","startHours":23.74980463609776,"endHours":24.46252478511484,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Śubha","start":"06:46","end":"08:06","startHours":6.760763592978182,"endHours":8.097113872385211,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"08:06","end":"09:26","startHours":8.097113872385211,"endHours":9.43346415179224,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"09:26","end":"10:46","startHours":9.43346415179224,"endHours":10.769814431199269,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"10:46","end":"12:06","startHours":10.769814431199269,"endHours":12.106164710606297,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"12:06","end":"13:27","startHours":12.106164710606297,"endHours":13.442514990013326,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"13:27","end":"14:47","startHours":13.442514990013326,"endHours":14.778865269420358,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"14:47","end":"16:07","startHours":14.778865269420358,"endHours":16.115215548827386,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"16:07","end":"17:27","startHours":16.115215548827386,"endHours":17.451565828234415,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"17:27","end":"19:07","startHours":17.451565828234415,"endHours":19.115215548827386,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"19:07","end":"20:47","startHours":19.115215548827386,"endHours":20.778865269420358,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"20:47","end":"22:27","startHours":20.778865269420358,"endHours":22.44251499001333,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"22:27","end":"00:06","startHours":22.44251499001333,"endHours":24.1061647106063,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"00:06","end":"01:46","startHours":24.1061647106063,"endHours":25.769814431199272,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"01:46","end":"03:26","startHours":25.769814431199272,"endHours":27.43346415179224,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"03:26","end":"05:06","startHours":27.43346415179224,"endHours":29.09711387238521,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"05:06","end":"06:46","startHours":29.09711387238521,"endHours":30.760763592978183,"quality":"auspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:46","end":"07:46","startHours":6.760763592978182,"endHours":7.760763592978182,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:46","end":"08:46","startHours":7.760763592978182,"endHours":8.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:46","end":"09:46","startHours":8.760763592978183,"endHours":9.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:46","end":"10:46","startHours":9.760763592978183,"endHours":10.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:46","end":"11:46","startHours":10.760763592978183,"endHours":11.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:46","end":"12:46","startHours":11.760763592978183,"endHours":12.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:46","end":"13:46","startHours":12.760763592978183,"endHours":13.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:46","end":"14:46","startHours":13.760763592978183,"endHours":14.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:46","end":"15:46","startHours":14.760763592978183,"endHours":15.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:46","end":"16:46","startHours":15.760763592978183,"endHours":16.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:46","end":"17:46","startHours":16.760763592978183,"endHours":17.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:46","end":"18:46","startHours":17.760763592978183,"endHours":18.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:46","end":"19:46","startHours":18.760763592978183,"endHours":19.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:46","end":"20:46","startHours":19.760763592978183,"endHours":20.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:46","end":"21:46","startHours":20.760763592978183,"endHours":21.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:46","end":"22:46","startHours":21.760763592978183,"endHours":22.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:46","end":"23:46","startHours":22.760763592978183,"endHours":23.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:46","end":"00:46","startHours":23.760763592978183,"endHours":24.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:46","end":"01:46","startHours":24.760763592978183,"endHours":25.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:46","end":"02:46","startHours":25.760763592978183,"endHours":26.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:46","end":"03:46","startHours":26.760763592978183,"endHours":27.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:46","end":"04:46","startHours":27.760763592978183,"endHours":28.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:46","end":"05:46","startHours":28.760763592978183,"endHours":29.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:46","end":"06:46","startHours":29.760763592978183,"endHours":30.760763592978183,"planetary_lord":"Moon"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Hasta","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā"],"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":"South (Dakṣiṇa)","chandraVasa":"South-West","rahuVasa":"North-West","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Mānasa","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Śiśira (Winter)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-21.6562111984116,"eotMinutes":-8.265482636377905,"ayanamsa":-10.6227}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":-411,"saka_samvat":-546,"bengali_samvat":-1061,"malayalam_era":-1292,"nanakshahi_year":-1937,"lunar_month":"Phālguna","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Phālguna","lunar_month_amanta":"Phālguna","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Kumbha (Māsi)","ritu":"Śiśira (Winter)","display_summary":"Phālguna Śukla Tṛtīyā · Vikram -411 undefined · Śaka -546 undefined"},"festivals":[],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"guru-walk","name":"Bṛhaspati Walk","name_sanskrit":"गुरु यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.","step_count":8,"url":"/walk/guru-walk"},"reason":"Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":true,"location_specific":"varanasi"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga January 12, 469 BCE · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · Vidhyamitra","description":"January 12, 469 BCE for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī): Śukla Tṛtīyā, sūryodaya 06:46, sūryāsta 17:27.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0468-01-12","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0468-01-12","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0468-01-12","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0468-01-12","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0468-01-12"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T12:38:37.823Z","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":"2026-09-11T12:38:37.823Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-11T12:38:37.823Z","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"}}}