{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:varanasi:1952-03-16:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/1952-03-16","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"1952-03-16","date_display":"March 16, 1952 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":1952,"month":3,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2434087.770833,"kali_year":5053,"ahargana":1845622.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":332.5041,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":204.8243,"rashi":7,"rashi_name":"Tulā"},"tithi":{"number":20,"name":"Pañcamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī","elongation_degrees":232.3202,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.3202},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":2,"moon_longitude":204.8243,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.8243},"yoga":{"number":14,"name":"Harṣaṇa","sum_longitude":177.3283},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":38,"name":"Kaulava"},"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":1952,"month":3,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2434087.770833,"ahargana":1845622.2708,"kali_year":5053,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.1853,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":332.21490500000004,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":203.13920499999995,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-4.3417},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":205.355505,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":350.881205,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":27,"name":"Revatī","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":356.975505,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":27,"name":"Revatī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":306.822905,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":170.03610500000002,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":310.0503,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":130.0503,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","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":1952,"month":3,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2434087.770833,"kali_year":5053,"ahargana":1845622.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":332.5041,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":204.8243,"rashi":7,"rashi_name":"Tulā"},"tithi":{"number":20,"name":"Pañcamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī","elongation_degrees":232.3202,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.3202},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":2,"moon_longitude":204.8243,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.8243},"yoga":{"number":14,"name":"Harṣaṇa","sum_longitude":177.3283},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":38,"name":"Kaulava"},"vara":{"number":2,"name":"Ravivāra (Sunday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.342,"elongation":127.68},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.342,"opposition_distance":52.32}},"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":"06:07","sunsetLocal":"18:08","solarNoonLocal":"12:07","dayLengthHours":12.007593765760726,"dayLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 00 Mins 27 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 59 Mins 33 Secs","moonriseLocal":"22:01","moonsetLocal":"09:01","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"16:38","end":"18:08","startHours":16.627247664518034,"endHours":18.128196885238125,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"12:07","end":"13:38","startHours":12.124400002357763,"endHours":13.625349223077853,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"15:08","end":"16:38","startHours":15.126298443797944,"endHours":16.627247664518034,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:55","end":"09:19","startHours":8.922374998154902,"endHours":9.32262812368026,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:37","end":"06:56","startHours":6.620919526384096,"endHours":6.941122026804382,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:43","end":"12:31","startHours":11.724146876832405,"endHours":12.524653127883122,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"04:31","end":"05:19","startHours":4.51959061737597,"endHours":5.320096868426685,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"05:07","end":"06:07","startHours":5.119970305664006,"endHours":6.1206031194773995,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:08","end":"14:56","startHours":14.12566562998455,"endHours":14.926171881035264,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:56","end":"18:20","startHours":17.928196885238126,"endHours":18.328196885238125,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:08","end":"18:38","startHours":18.128196885238125,"endHours":18.628513292144824,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:53","end":"19:38","startHours":17.878196885238125,"endHours":19.628196885238125,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:43","end":"00:31","startHours":23.724146876832407,"endHours":24.52465312788312,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Udveg","start":"06:07","end":"07:37","startHours":6.1206031194773995,"endHours":7.62155234019749,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"07:37","end":"09:07","startHours":7.62155234019749,"endHours":9.12250156091758,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"09:07","end":"10:37","startHours":9.12250156091758,"endHours":10.623450781637672,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"10:37","end":"12:07","startHours":10.623450781637672,"endHours":12.124400002357763,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"12:07","end":"13:38","startHours":12.124400002357763,"endHours":13.625349223077853,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"13:38","end":"15:08","startHours":13.625349223077853,"endHours":15.126298443797944,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"15:08","end":"16:38","startHours":15.126298443797944,"endHours":16.627247664518034,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"16:38","end":"18:08","startHours":16.627247664518034,"endHours":18.128196885238125,"quality":"inauspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Śubha","start":"18:08","end":"19:38","startHours":18.128196885238125,"endHours":19.627247664518034,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"19:38","end":"21:08","startHours":19.627247664518034,"endHours":21.126298443797943,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"21:08","end":"22:38","startHours":21.126298443797943,"endHours":22.625349223077855,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"22:38","end":"00:07","startHours":22.625349223077855,"endHours":24.124400002357763,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"00:07","end":"01:37","startHours":24.124400002357763,"endHours":25.623450781637672,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"01:37","end":"03:07","startHours":25.623450781637672,"endHours":27.12250156091758,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"03:07","end":"04:37","startHours":27.12250156091758,"endHours":28.62155234019749,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"04:37","end":"06:07","startHours":28.62155234019749,"endHours":30.1206031194774,"quality":"auspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"06:07","end":"07:07","startHours":6.1206031194773995,"endHours":7.1206031194773995,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"07:07","end":"08:07","startHours":7.1206031194773995,"endHours":8.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"08:07","end":"09:07","startHours":8.1206031194774,"endHours":9.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"09:07","end":"10:07","startHours":9.1206031194774,"endHours":10.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"10:07","end":"11:07","startHours":10.1206031194774,"endHours":11.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"11:07","end":"12:07","startHours":11.1206031194774,"endHours":12.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"12:07","end":"13:07","startHours":12.1206031194774,"endHours":13.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"13:07","end":"14:07","startHours":13.1206031194774,"endHours":14.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"14:07","end":"15:07","startHours":14.1206031194774,"endHours":15.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"15:07","end":"16:07","startHours":15.1206031194774,"endHours":16.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"16:07","end":"17:07","startHours":16.1206031194774,"endHours":17.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"17:07","end":"18:07","startHours":17.1206031194774,"endHours":18.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"18:07","end":"19:07","startHours":18.1206031194774,"endHours":19.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"19:07","end":"20:07","startHours":19.1206031194774,"endHours":20.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"20:07","end":"21:07","startHours":20.1206031194774,"endHours":21.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"21:07","end":"22:07","startHours":21.1206031194774,"endHours":22.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"22:07","end":"23:07","startHours":22.1206031194774,"endHours":23.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"23:07","end":"00:07","startHours":23.1206031194774,"endHours":24.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"00:07","end":"01:07","startHours":24.1206031194774,"endHours":25.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"01:07","end":"02:07","startHours":25.1206031194774,"endHours":26.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"02:07","end":"03:07","startHours":26.1206031194774,"endHours":27.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"03:07","end":"04:07","startHours":27.1206031194774,"endHours":28.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"04:07","end":"05:07","startHours":28.1206031194774,"endHours":29.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"05:07","end":"06:07","startHours":29.1206031194774,"endHours":30.1206031194774,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"}],"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":["Meṣa","Karka","Siṃha","Tulā","Dhanu","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Mithuna","Kanyā","Vṛścika","Makara","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"West (Paścim)","chandraVasa":"North","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Utpāta","quality":"Inauspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Śiśira (Winter)","vedicRitu":"Śiśira (Winter)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-1.82783322593151,"eotMinutes":-9.359600141465874,"ayanamsa":23.1853}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2009,"vikram_samvatsara":"Viśvāvasu","saka_samvat":1874,"saka_samvatsara":"Nandana","bengali_samvat":1359,"malayalam_era":1128,"nanakshahi_year":483,"lunar_month":"Caitra","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Caitra","lunar_month_amanta":"Phālguna","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)","ritu":"Vasanta (Spring)","display_summary":"Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī · Vikram 2009 Viśvāvasu · Śaka 1874 Nandana"},"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":false,"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 16, 1952 CE · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · Vidhyamitra","description":"March 16, 1952 CE for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī): Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī, sūryodaya 06:07, sūryāsta 18:08.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/1952-03-16","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/1952-03-16","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/1952-03-16","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/1952-03-16","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/1952-03-16"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:11:20.394Z","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":"2026-08-27T18:11:20.394Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-27T18:11:20.394Z","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"}}}