{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:varanasi:2022-10-17:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/2022-10-17","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2022-10-17","date_display":"October 17, 2022 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":2022,"month":10,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2459869.770833,"kali_year":5124,"ahargana":1871404.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":178.6964,"rashi":6,"rashi_name":"Kanyā"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":82.7865,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":23,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":264.0901,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":0.0901},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":1,"moon_longitude":82.7865,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.7865},"yoga":{"number":20,"name":"Śiva","sum_longitude":261.4828},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":44,"name":"Bālava"},"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":2022,"month":10,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2459869.770833,"ahargana":1871404.2708,"kali_year":5124,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.1714,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":179.482443,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":82.07044300000001,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":1},"retrograde":false,"latitude":3.8477},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":59.82974300000001,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":164.18884300000002,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":336.941343,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":177.680343,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":294.5168430000001,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":23.9959,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":203.9959,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","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":2022,"month":10,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2459869.770833,"kali_year":5124,"ahargana":1871404.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":178.6964,"rashi":6,"rashi_name":"Kanyā"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":82.7865,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":23,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":264.0901,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":0.0901},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":1,"moon_longitude":82.7865,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.7865},"yoga":{"number":20,"name":"Śiva","sum_longitude":261.4828},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":44,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":3.848,"elongation":95.91},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":3.848,"opposition_distance":84.09}},"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":"05:57","sunsetLocal":"17:29","solarNoonLocal":"11:43","dayLengthHours":11.539990695087461,"dayLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 32 Mins 24 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 27 Mins 36 Secs","moonriseLocal":"22:25","moonsetLocal":"12:01","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"07:23","end":"08:50","startHours":7.387119829975071,"endHours":8.829618666861004,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:16","end":"11:43","startHours":10.272117503746937,"endHours":11.714616340632869,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:09","end":"14:36","startHours":13.1571151775188,"endHours":14.599614014404734,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:38","end":"09:01","startHours":8.637285488609546,"endHours":9.021951845112461,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:26","end":"06:44","startHours":6.425453938717783,"endHours":6.733187023920115,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:20","end":"12:06","startHours":11.329949984129954,"endHours":12.099282697135784,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"04:24","end":"05:11","startHours":4.405955567077477,"endHours":5.175288280083308,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:59","end":"05:57","startHours":4.98295510183185,"endHours":5.9446209930891385,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"13:38","end":"14:24","startHours":13.637948123147446,"endHours":14.407280836153276,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"17:17","end":"17:41","startHours":17.2846116881766,"endHours":17.6846116881766,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"17:29","end":"17:58","startHours":17.4846116881766,"endHours":17.965444633805244,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"17:14","end":"18:59","startHours":17.2346116881766,"endHours":18.9846116881766,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:20","end":"00:06","startHours":23.329949984129954,"endHours":24.099282697135784,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"05:57","end":"07:23","startHours":5.9446209930891385,"endHours":7.387119829975071,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"07:23","end":"08:50","startHours":7.387119829975071,"endHours":8.829618666861004,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"08:50","end":"10:16","startHours":8.829618666861004,"endHours":10.272117503746937,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:16","end":"11:43","startHours":10.272117503746937,"endHours":11.714616340632869,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"11:43","end":"13:09","startHours":11.714616340632869,"endHours":13.1571151775188,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:09","end":"14:36","startHours":13.1571151775188,"endHours":14.599614014404734,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"14:36","end":"16:03","startHours":14.599614014404734,"endHours":16.042112851290668,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"16:03","end":"17:29","startHours":16.042112851290668,"endHours":17.4846116881766,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"17:29","end":"19:03","startHours":17.4846116881766,"endHours":19.042112851290668,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"19:03","end":"20:36","startHours":19.042112851290668,"endHours":20.599614014404736,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"20:36","end":"22:09","startHours":20.599614014404736,"endHours":22.1571151775188,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:09","end":"23:43","startHours":22.1571151775188,"endHours":23.71461634063287,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"23:43","end":"01:16","startHours":23.71461634063287,"endHours":25.272117503746937,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:16","end":"02:50","startHours":25.272117503746937,"endHours":26.829618666861002,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"02:50","end":"04:23","startHours":26.829618666861002,"endHours":28.38711982997507,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"04:23","end":"05:57","startHours":28.38711982997507,"endHours":29.94462099308914,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:57","end":"06:57","startHours":5.9446209930891385,"endHours":6.9446209930891385,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:57","end":"07:57","startHours":6.9446209930891385,"endHours":7.9446209930891385,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:57","end":"08:57","startHours":7.9446209930891385,"endHours":8.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:57","end":"09:57","startHours":8.944620993089138,"endHours":9.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:57","end":"10:57","startHours":9.944620993089138,"endHours":10.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:57","end":"11:57","startHours":10.944620993089138,"endHours":11.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:57","end":"12:57","startHours":11.944620993089138,"endHours":12.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:57","end":"13:57","startHours":12.944620993089138,"endHours":13.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:57","end":"14:57","startHours":13.944620993089138,"endHours":14.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:57","end":"15:57","startHours":14.944620993089138,"endHours":15.944620993089138,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:57","end":"16:57","startHours":15.944620993089138,"endHours":16.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:57","end":"17:57","startHours":16.94462099308914,"endHours":17.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:57","end":"18:57","startHours":17.94462099308914,"endHours":18.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:57","end":"19:57","startHours":18.94462099308914,"endHours":19.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:57","end":"20:57","startHours":19.94462099308914,"endHours":20.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:57","end":"21:57","startHours":20.94462099308914,"endHours":21.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:57","end":"22:57","startHours":21.94462099308914,"endHours":22.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:57","end":"23:57","startHours":22.94462099308914,"endHours":23.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:57","end":"00:57","startHours":23.94462099308914,"endHours":24.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:57","end":"01:57","startHours":24.94462099308914,"endHours":25.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:57","end":"02:57","startHours":25.94462099308914,"endHours":26.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:57","end":"03:57","startHours":26.94462099308914,"endHours":27.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:57","end":"04:57","startHours":27.94462099308914,"endHours":28.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:57","end":"05:57","startHours":28.94462099308914,"endHours":29.94462099308914,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"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","Mithuna","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Karka","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Chatra","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-9.182184416258071,"eotMinutes":15.227419562027912,"ayanamsa":24.1714}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2079,"vikram_samvatsara":"Rākṣasa","saka_samvat":1944,"saka_samvatsara":"Śubhakṛt","bengali_samvat":1429,"malayalam_era":1198,"nanakshahi_year":553,"lunar_month":"Kārtika","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Kārtika","lunar_month_amanta":"Āśvina","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)","ritu":"Śarad (Autumn)","display_summary":"Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī · Vikram 2079 Rākṣasa · Śaka 1944 Śubhakṛt"},"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":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 October 17, 2022 CE · Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · Vidhyamitra","description":"October 17, 2022 CE for Vārāṇasī (Kāśī): Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī, sūryodaya 05:57, sūryāsta 17:29.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/2022-10-17","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/2022-10-17","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/2022-10-17","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/2022-10-17","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/varanasi/2022-10-17"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-08-25T05:58:23.610Z","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":"2026-08-25T05:58:23.610Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-08-25T05:58:23.610Z","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"}}}