{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:varanasi:-0484-07-22:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0484-07-22","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"-0484-07-22","date_display":"July 22, 485 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":-484,"month":7,"day":22,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1544479.770833,"kali_year":2618,"ahargana":956014.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":128.3522,"rashi":5,"rashi_name":"Siṃha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":21.2828,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"tithi":{"number":22,"name":"Saptamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Saptamī","elongation_degrees":252.9306,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":0.9306},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":3,"moon_longitude":21.2828,"elapsed_within_degrees":7.9495},"yoga":{"number":12,"name":"Dhruva","sum_longitude":149.635},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":42,"name":"Viṣṭi"},"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":-484,"month":7,"day":22,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1544479.770833,"ahargana":956014.2708,"kali_year":2618,"ayanamsa_lahiri":-10.8388,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":128.3522,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":21.2828,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":4.4791},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":177.5049,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":147.3035,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":235.3496,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":171.9209,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":279.4023,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":285.7633,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":105.7633,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"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":-484,"month":7,"day":22,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1544479.770833,"kali_year":2618,"ahargana":956014.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":128.3522,"rashi":5,"rashi_name":"Siṃha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":21.2828,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"tithi":{"number":22,"name":"Saptamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Saptamī","elongation_degrees":252.9306,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":0.9306},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":3,"moon_longitude":21.2828,"elapsed_within_degrees":7.9495},"yoga":{"number":12,"name":"Dhruva","sum_longitude":149.635},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":42,"name":"Viṣṭi"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":4.479,"elongation":107.069},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":4.479,"opposition_distance":72.931}},"eclipse_window_40days":[{"offset_days":-20,"type":"solar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":-0.31,"elongation":1.551}]},"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":"05:19","sunsetLocal":"18:49","solarNoonLocal":"12:04","dayLengthHours":13.503414217580238,"dayLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 30 Mins 12 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 29 Mins 48 Secs","moonriseLocal":"22:45","moonsetLocal":"11:06","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"07:00","end":"08:42","startHours":7.006227965335458,"endHours":8.694154742532987,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:23","end":"12:04","startHours":10.382081519730518,"endHours":12.070008296928048,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:45","end":"15:27","startHours":13.757935074125577,"endHours":15.445861851323107,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:28","end":"08:55","startHours":8.46909783890665,"endHours":8.919211646159326,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"05:53","end":"06:14","startHours":5.880943447203771,"endHours":6.241034493005911,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:37","end":"12:31","startHours":11.619894489675373,"endHours":12.520122104180723,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"03:31","end":"04:25","startHours":3.51784595912723,"endHours":4.418073573632579,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:12","end":"05:19","startHours":4.193016670006242,"endHours":5.318301188137928,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:19","end":"15:13","startHours":14.32057733319142,"endHours":15.220804947696768,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:37","end":"19:01","startHours":18.621715405718167,"endHours":19.021715405718165,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:49","end":"19:23","startHours":18.821715405718166,"endHours":19.38435766478401,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:34","end":"20:19","startHours":18.571715405718166,"endHours":20.321715405718166,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:37","end":"00:31","startHours":23.619894489675374,"endHours":24.52012210418072,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"05:19","end":"07:00","startHours":5.318301188137928,"endHours":7.006227965335458,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"07:00","end":"08:42","startHours":7.006227965335458,"endHours":8.694154742532987,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"08:42","end":"10:23","startHours":8.694154742532987,"endHours":10.382081519730518,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:23","end":"12:04","startHours":10.382081519730518,"endHours":12.070008296928048,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"12:04","end":"13:45","startHours":12.070008296928048,"endHours":13.757935074125577,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:45","end":"15:27","startHours":13.757935074125577,"endHours":15.445861851323107,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"15:27","end":"17:08","startHours":15.445861851323107,"endHours":17.133788628520634,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"17:08","end":"18:49","startHours":17.133788628520634,"endHours":18.821715405718166,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"18:49","end":"20:08","startHours":18.821715405718166,"endHours":20.133788628520637,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"20:08","end":"21:27","startHours":20.133788628520637,"endHours":21.445861851323105,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"21:27","end":"22:45","startHours":21.445861851323105,"endHours":22.757935074125577,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:45","end":"00:04","startHours":22.757935074125577,"endHours":24.070008296928048,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:04","end":"01:23","startHours":24.070008296928048,"endHours":25.38208151973052,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:23","end":"02:42","startHours":25.38208151973052,"endHours":26.694154742532987,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"02:42","end":"04:00","startHours":26.694154742532987,"endHours":28.00622796533546,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"04:00","end":"05:19","startHours":28.00622796533546,"endHours":29.31830118813793,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:19","end":"06:19","startHours":5.318301188137928,"endHours":6.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:19","end":"07:19","startHours":6.318301188137928,"endHours":7.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:19","end":"08:19","startHours":7.318301188137928,"endHours":8.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:19","end":"09:19","startHours":8.318301188137928,"endHours":9.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:19","end":"10:19","startHours":9.318301188137928,"endHours":10.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:19","end":"11:19","startHours":10.318301188137928,"endHours":11.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:19","end":"12:19","startHours":11.318301188137928,"endHours":12.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:19","end":"13:19","startHours":12.318301188137928,"endHours":13.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:19","end":"14:19","startHours":13.318301188137928,"endHours":14.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:19","end":"15:19","startHours":14.318301188137928,"endHours":15.318301188137928,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:19","end":"16:19","startHours":15.318301188137928,"endHours":16.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:19","end":"17:19","startHours":16.31830118813793,"endHours":17.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:19","end":"18:19","startHours":17.31830118813793,"endHours":18.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:19","end":"19:19","startHours":18.31830118813793,"endHours":19.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:19","end":"20:19","startHours":19.31830118813793,"endHours":20.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:19","end":"21:19","startHours":20.31830118813793,"endHours":21.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:19","end":"22:19","startHours":21.31830118813793,"endHours":22.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:19","end":"23:19","startHours":22.31830118813793,"endHours":23.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:19","end":"00:19","startHours":23.31830118813793,"endHours":24.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:19","end":"01:19","startHours":24.31830118813793,"endHours":25.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:19","end":"02:19","startHours":25.31830118813793,"endHours":26.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:19","end":"03:19","startHours":26.31830118813793,"endHours":27.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:19","end":"04:19","startHours":27.31830118813793,"endHours":28.31830118813793,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:19","end":"05:19","startHours":28.31830118813793,"endHours":29.31830118813793,"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":"Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":20.655612425473905,"eotMinutes":-6.096097815682823,"ayanamsa":-10.8388}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":-427,"saka_samvat":-562,"bengali_samvat":-1077,"malayalam_era":-1308,"nanakshahi_year":-1953,"lunar_month":"Bhādrapada","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Bhādrapada","lunar_month_amanta":"Bhādrapada","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Siṃha (Āvaṇi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Saptamī · Vikram -427 undefined · Śaka -562 undefined"},"festivals":[],"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":"Somavāra (Monday) — 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 July 22, 485 BCE · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · Vidhyamitra","description":"July 22, 485 BCE for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī): Kṛṣṇa Saptamī, sūryodaya 05:19, sūryāsta 18:49.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0484-07-22","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0484-07-22","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0484-07-22","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0484-07-22","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0484-07-22"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-14T03:39:48.092Z","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":"2026-08-14T03:39:48.092Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-14T03:39:48.092Z","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"}}}