{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:varanasi:-3208-10-09:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-3208-10-09","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"-3208-10-09","date_display":"October 9, 3209 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":-3208,"month":10,"day":9,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":549617.770833,"kali_year":-106,"ahargana":-38847.7292,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":230.5182,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":51.855,"rashi":2,"rashi_name":"Vṛṣabha"},"tithi":{"number":16,"name":"Pratipada","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Pratipada","elongation_degrees":181.3368,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":1.3368},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":4,"moon_longitude":51.855,"elapsed_within_degrees":11.855},"yoga":{"number":22,"name":"Sādhya","sum_longitude":282.3732},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":30,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":2,"name":"Ravivāra (Sunday)"}},"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":-3208,"month":10,"day":9,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":549617.770833,"ahargana":-38847.7292,"kali_year":-106,"ayanamsa_lahiri":-48.8886,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":230.5182,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":51.855,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-2.0052},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":183.0508,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":211.1127,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":6.9606,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":256.6561,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":156.2052,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":78.3396,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":258.3396,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","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":-3208,"month":10,"day":9,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"julian"},"julian_day":549617.770833,"kali_year":-106,"ahargana":-38847.7292,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":230.5182,"rashi":8,"rashi_name":"Vṛścika"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":51.855,"rashi":2,"rashi_name":"Vṛṣabha"},"tithi":{"number":16,"name":"Pratipada","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Pratipada","elongation_degrees":181.3368,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":1.3368},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":4,"moon_longitude":51.855,"elapsed_within_degrees":11.855},"yoga":{"number":22,"name":"Sādhya","sum_longitude":282.3732},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":30,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":2,"name":"Ravivāra (Sunday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.005,"elongation":178.663},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.005,"opposition_distance":1.337}},"eclipse_window_40days":[{"offset_days":15,"type":"solar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":1.05,"elongation":1.868}]},"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":"05:42","sunsetLocal":"17:47","solarNoonLocal":"11:45","dayLengthHours":12.081993284996303,"dayLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 04 Mins 55 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 55 Mins 05 Secs","moonriseLocal":"17:45","moonsetLocal":"05:55","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"16:16","end":"17:47","startHours":16.27430434324151,"endHours":17.78455350386605,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"11:45","end":"13:15","startHours":11.7435568613679,"endHours":13.253806021992435,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"14:46","end":"16:16","startHours":14.764055182616975,"endHours":16.27430434324151,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:31","end":"08:55","startHours":8.521691985368886,"endHours":8.924425094868761,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:12","end":"06:32","startHours":6.205976605744594,"endHours":6.528163093344495,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:20","end":"12:09","startHours":11.340823751868022,"endHours":12.146289970867777,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"04:05","end":"04:54","startHours":4.09162778087024,"endHours":4.897093999869994,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:42","end":"05:42","startHours":4.695727445120055,"endHours":5.702560218869747,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:45","end":"14:34","startHours":13.757222408867284,"endHours":14.562688627867038,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:35","end":"17:59","startHours":17.58455350386605,"endHours":17.98455350386605,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"17:47","end":"18:17","startHours":17.78455350386605,"endHours":18.287969890740897,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:32","end":"19:17","startHours":17.53455350386605,"endHours":19.28455350386605,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:20","end":"00:09","startHours":23.340823751868022,"endHours":24.146289970867777,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Udveg","start":"05:42","end":"07:13","startHours":5.702560218869747,"endHours":7.212809379494285,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"07:13","end":"08:43","startHours":7.212809379494285,"endHours":8.723058540118823,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"08:43","end":"10:14","startHours":8.723058540118823,"endHours":10.23330770074336,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"10:14","end":"11:45","startHours":10.23330770074336,"endHours":11.7435568613679,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"11:45","end":"13:15","startHours":11.7435568613679,"endHours":13.253806021992435,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"13:15","end":"14:46","startHours":13.253806021992435,"endHours":14.764055182616975,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"14:46","end":"16:16","startHours":14.764055182616975,"endHours":16.27430434324151,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"16:16","end":"17:47","startHours":16.27430434324151,"endHours":17.78455350386605,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Śubha","start":"17:47","end":"19:16","startHours":17.78455350386605,"endHours":19.27430434324151,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"19:16","end":"20:46","startHours":19.27430434324151,"endHours":20.764055182616975,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"20:46","end":"22:15","startHours":20.764055182616975,"endHours":22.253806021992435,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"22:15","end":"23:45","startHours":22.253806021992435,"endHours":23.7435568613679,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"23:45","end":"01:14","startHours":23.7435568613679,"endHours":25.23330770074336,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"01:14","end":"02:43","startHours":25.23330770074336,"endHours":26.72305854011882,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"02:43","end":"04:13","startHours":26.72305854011882,"endHours":28.212809379494285,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"04:13","end":"05:42","startHours":28.212809379494285,"endHours":29.70256021886975,"quality":"auspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:42","end":"06:42","startHours":5.702560218869747,"endHours":6.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:42","end":"07:42","startHours":6.702560218869747,"endHours":7.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:42","end":"08:42","startHours":7.702560218869747,"endHours":8.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:42","end":"09:42","startHours":8.702560218869747,"endHours":9.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:42","end":"10:42","startHours":9.702560218869747,"endHours":10.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:42","end":"11:42","startHours":10.702560218869747,"endHours":11.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:42","end":"12:42","startHours":11.702560218869747,"endHours":12.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:42","end":"13:42","startHours":12.702560218869747,"endHours":13.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:42","end":"14:42","startHours":13.702560218869747,"endHours":14.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:42","end":"15:42","startHours":14.702560218869747,"endHours":15.702560218869747,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:42","end":"16:42","startHours":15.702560218869747,"endHours":16.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:42","end":"17:42","startHours":16.70256021886975,"endHours":17.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:42","end":"18:42","startHours":17.70256021886975,"endHours":18.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:42","end":"19:42","startHours":18.70256021886975,"endHours":19.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:42","end":"20:42","startHours":19.70256021886975,"endHours":20.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:42","end":"21:42","startHours":20.70256021886975,"endHours":21.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:42","end":"22:42","startHours":21.70256021886975,"endHours":22.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:42","end":"23:42","startHours":22.70256021886975,"endHours":23.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:42","end":"00:42","startHours":23.70256021886975,"endHours":24.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:42","end":"01:42","startHours":24.70256021886975,"endHours":25.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:42","end":"02:42","startHours":25.70256021886975,"endHours":26.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:42","end":"03:42","startHours":26.70256021886975,"endHours":27.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:42","end":"04:42","startHours":27.70256021886975,"endHours":28.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:42","end":"05:42","startHours":28.70256021886975,"endHours":29.70256021886975,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"}],"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":["Vṛṣabha","Karka","Tulā","Vṛścika","Kumbha","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Mithuna","Siṃha","Kanyā","Dhanu","Makara"]},"dishaShool":"West (Paścim)","chandraVasa":"South-East","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Prajāpati","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Śarad (Autumn)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-0.6480712558718718,"eotMinutes":13.49098831792595,"ayanamsa":-48.8886}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":-3151,"saka_samvat":-3286,"bengali_samvat":-3801,"malayalam_era":-4032,"nanakshahi_year":-4677,"lunar_month":"Mārgaśīrṣa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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":"Vṛścika (Kārttikai)","ritu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","display_summary":"Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pratipada · Vikram -3151 undefined · Śaka -3286 undefined"},"festivals":[],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"surya-walk","name":"Sūrya Walk","name_sanskrit":"सूर्य यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).","step_count":6,"url":"/walk/surya-walk"},"reason":"Ravivāra (Sunday) — 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 October 9, 3209 BCE · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · Vidhyamitra","description":"October 9, 3209 BCE for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī): Kṛṣṇa Pratipada, sūryodaya 05:42, sūryāsta 17:47.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-3208-10-09","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-3208-10-09","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-3208-10-09","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-3208-10-09","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/-3208-10-09"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-12T23:10:30.736Z","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":"2026-08-12T23:10:30.736Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-12T23:10:30.736Z","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"}}}