{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:varanasi:-0547-03-20:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0547-03-20","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"-0547-03-20","date_display":"March 20, 548 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":-547,"month":3,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1521344.770833,"kali_year":2555,"ahargana":932879.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":10.4598,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":103.7699,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":93.3101,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":9.3101},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4,"moon_longitude":103.7699,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.4366},"yoga":{"number":9,"name":"Śūla","sum_longitude":114.2298},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":15,"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":-547,"month":3,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1521344.770833,"ahargana":932879.2708,"kali_year":2555,"ayanamsa_lahiri":-11.7237,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":10.4598,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":103.7699,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":2.3964},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":340.6662,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":355.6801,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":27,"name":"Revatī","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":103.7633,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":323.1064,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":241.6647,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":71.5669,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":251.5669,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","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":-547,"month":3,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":1521344.770833,"kali_year":2555,"ahargana":932879.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":10.4598,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":103.7699,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":93.3101,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":9.3101},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4,"moon_longitude":103.7699,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.4366},"yoga":{"number":9,"name":"Śūla","sum_longitude":114.2298},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":15,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":2.396,"elongation":93.31},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":2.396,"opposition_distance":86.69}},"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":"06:04","sunsetLocal":"18:09","solarNoonLocal":"12:06","dayLengthHours":12.091163721589112,"dayLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 05 Mins 28 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 54 Mins 32 Secs","moonriseLocal":"11:29","moonsetLocal":"01:10","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"07:34","end":"09:05","startHours":7.570103358781996,"endHours":9.081498823980635,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:36","end":"12:06","startHours":10.592894289179274,"endHours":12.104289754377913,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:37","end":"15:08","startHours":13.615685219576552,"endHours":15.12708068477519,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:53","end":"09:17","startHours":8.879979428620816,"endHours":9.283018219340454,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:34","end":"06:53","startHours":6.562506381982903,"endHours":6.884937414558613,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:42","end":"12:30","startHours":11.701250963658275,"endHours":12.50732854509755,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"04:27","end":"05:15","startHours":4.446552730704808,"endHours":5.252630312144083,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"05:03","end":"06:04","startHours":5.051110916784264,"endHours":6.058707893583357,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:07","end":"14:56","startHours":14.119483707976098,"endHours":14.925561289415372,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:57","end":"18:21","startHours":17.94987161517247,"endHours":18.349871615172468,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:09","end":"18:39","startHours":18.14987161517247,"endHours":18.653670103572015,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:54","end":"19:39","startHours":17.89987161517247,"endHours":19.64987161517247,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:42","end":"00:30","startHours":23.701250963658275,"endHours":24.50732854509755,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"06:04","end":"07:34","startHours":6.058707893583357,"endHours":7.570103358781996,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"07:34","end":"09:05","startHours":7.570103358781996,"endHours":9.081498823980635,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"09:05","end":"10:36","startHours":9.081498823980635,"endHours":10.592894289179274,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:36","end":"12:06","startHours":10.592894289179274,"endHours":12.104289754377913,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"12:06","end":"13:37","startHours":12.104289754377913,"endHours":13.615685219576552,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:37","end":"15:08","startHours":13.615685219576552,"endHours":15.12708068477519,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"15:08","end":"16:38","startHours":15.12708068477519,"endHours":16.63847614997383,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"16:38","end":"18:09","startHours":16.63847614997383,"endHours":18.14987161517247,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"18:09","end":"19:38","startHours":18.14987161517247,"endHours":19.63847614997383,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"19:38","end":"21:08","startHours":19.63847614997383,"endHours":21.12708068477519,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"21:08","end":"22:37","startHours":21.12708068477519,"endHours":22.61568521957655,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:37","end":"00:06","startHours":22.61568521957655,"endHours":24.104289754377913,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:06","end":"01:36","startHours":24.104289754377913,"endHours":25.592894289179274,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:36","end":"03:05","startHours":25.592894289179274,"endHours":27.081498823980635,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:05","end":"04:34","startHours":27.081498823980635,"endHours":28.570103358781996,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"04:34","end":"06:04","startHours":28.570103358781996,"endHours":30.058707893583357,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:04","end":"07:04","startHours":6.058707893583357,"endHours":7.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:04","end":"08:04","startHours":7.058707893583357,"endHours":8.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:04","end":"09:04","startHours":8.058707893583357,"endHours":9.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:04","end":"10:04","startHours":9.058707893583357,"endHours":10.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:04","end":"11:04","startHours":10.058707893583357,"endHours":11.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:04","end":"12:04","startHours":11.058707893583357,"endHours":12.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:04","end":"13:04","startHours":12.058707893583357,"endHours":13.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:04","end":"14:04","startHours":13.058707893583357,"endHours":14.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:04","end":"15:04","startHours":14.058707893583357,"endHours":15.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:04","end":"16:04","startHours":15.058707893583357,"endHours":16.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:04","end":"17:04","startHours":16.058707893583357,"endHours":17.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:04","end":"18:04","startHours":17.058707893583357,"endHours":18.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:04","end":"19:04","startHours":18.058707893583357,"endHours":19.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:04","end":"20:04","startHours":19.058707893583357,"endHours":20.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:04","end":"21:04","startHours":20.058707893583357,"endHours":21.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:04","end":"22:04","startHours":21.058707893583357,"endHours":22.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:04","end":"23:04","startHours":22.058707893583357,"endHours":23.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:04","end":"00:04","startHours":23.058707893583357,"endHours":24.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:04","end":"01:04","startHours":24.058707893583357,"endHours":25.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:04","end":"02:04","startHours":25.058707893583357,"endHours":26.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:04","end":"03:04","startHours":26.058707893583357,"endHours":27.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:04","end":"04:04","startHours":27.058707893583357,"endHours":28.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:04","end":"05:04","startHours":28.058707893583357,"endHours":29.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:04","end":"06:04","startHours":29.058707893583357,"endHours":30.058707893583357,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Vṛṣabha","Karka","Kanyā","Dhanu","Makara"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Mithuna","Siṃha","Tulā","Vṛścika","Kumbha","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"South-West","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Maitra","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"undefined (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Vasanta (Spring)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-0.5026597374022604,"eotMinutes":-8.152985262674756,"ayanamsa":-11.7237}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":-490,"saka_samvat":-625,"bengali_samvat":-1140,"malayalam_era":-1371,"nanakshahi_year":-2016,"lunar_month":"Vaiśākha","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Vaiśākha","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":"Vasanta (Spring)","display_summary":"Vaiśākha Śukla Aṣṭamī · Vikram -490 undefined · Śaka -625 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 March 20, 548 BCE · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · Vidhyamitra","description":"March 20, 548 BCE for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī): Śukla Aṣṭamī, sūryodaya 06:04, sūryāsta 18:09.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0547-03-20","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0547-03-20","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0547-03-20","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0547-03-20","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-0547-03-20"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-11T23:38:02.366Z","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":"2026-08-11T23:38:02.367Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-11T23:38:02.367Z","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"}}}