{"id":"vidhyamitra:day:1686-04-26:en","page_class":"VM-1-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1686-04-26","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"1686-04-26","date_display":"April 26, 1686 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":"Sub-degree on Moon at any Kali-Yuga date (~2-5° residual max)","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":1686,"month":4,"day":26,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2336974.770833,"kali_year":4788,"ahargana":1748509.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":17.4226,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":58.3484,"rashi":2,"rashi_name":"Vṛṣabha"},"tithi":{"number":4,"name":"Caturthī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Caturthī","elongation_degrees":40.9258,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.9258},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","pada":2,"moon_longitude":58.3484,"elapsed_within_degrees":5.0151},"yoga":{"number":6,"name":"Atigaṇḍa","sum_longitude":75.771},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":6,"name":"Vaṇija"},"vara":{"number":0,"name":"Śukravāra (Friday)"}},"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":1686,"month":4,"day":26,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2336974.770833,"ahargana":1748509.2708,"kali_year":4788,"ayanamsa_lahiri":19.4711,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":16.632434999999987,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":2,"name":"Bharaṇī","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":54.97673499999996,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":1},"retrograde":false,"latitude":0.2183},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":49.57083499999999,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":38.655235000000005,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":3,"name":"Kṛttikā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":214.555835,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":17,"name":"Anurādhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":7.503134999999986,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":158.67033500000002,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":55.5644,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":235.5644,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":3},"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":"Sub-degree on Moon at any Kali-Yuga date (~2-5° residual max)","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":1686,"month":4,"day":26,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2336974.770833,"kali_year":4788,"ahargana":1748509.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":17.4226,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":58.3484,"rashi":2,"rashi_name":"Vṛṣabha"},"tithi":{"number":4,"name":"Caturthī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Caturthī","elongation_degrees":40.9258,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":4.9258},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","pada":2,"moon_longitude":58.3484,"elapsed_within_degrees":5.0151},"yoga":{"number":6,"name":"Atigaṇḍa","sum_longitude":75.771},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":6,"name":"Vaṇija"},"vara":{"number":0,"name":"Śukravāra (Friday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":0.218,"elongation":40.926},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":0.218,"opposition_distance":139.074}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":1743,"vikram_samvatsara":"Pramāthi","saka_samvat":1608,"saka_samvatsara":"Akṣaya","bengali_samvat":1093,"malayalam_era":862,"nanakshahi_year":217,"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 Caturthī · Vikram 1743 Pramāthi · Śaka 1608 Akṣaya"},"festivals":[{"id":"vinayaka-chaturthi","name":"Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)","name_sanskrit":"विनायक चतुर्थी","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","associated_deity":"Gaṇeśa","significance":"Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.","vrata":true,"detection":{"tithi_number":4,"tithi_paksha":"Śukla"},"precedence":6}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"shukra-walk","name":"Śukra Walk","name_sanskrit":"शुक्र यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.","step_count":5,"url":"/walk/shukra-walk"},"reason":"Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"valid_from":"1686-04-26T00:00:00Z"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate; Vidhyamitra substrate"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga April 26, 1686 CE · Vidhyamitra","description":"Vedic pañchāṅga for April 26, 1686 CE: Śukla Caturthī · Mṛgaśīrṣā.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1686-04-26","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1686-04-26","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/day/1686-04-26","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/day/1686-04-26","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1686-04-26"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-06-03T07:35:57.901Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-06-03T07:35:57.901Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa"}}}