{"id":"vidhyamitra:day:1937-03-20:en","page_class":"VM-1-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1937-03-20","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"1937-03-20","date_display":"March 20, 1937 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":1937,"month":3,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2428612.770833,"kali_year":5038,"ahargana":1840147.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":336.3643,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":71.3501,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":94.9859,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.9859},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":2,"moon_longitude":71.3501,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.6834},"yoga":{"number":4,"name":"Saubhāgya","sum_longitude":47.7144},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":15,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"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":1937,"month":3,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2428612.770833,"ahargana":1840147.2708,"kali_year":5038,"ayanamsa_lahiri":22.9759,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":336.04049,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":73.03568999999999,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":2},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-0.8738},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":219.81779000000006,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":17,"name":"Anurādhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":331.77108999999996,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":270.52319,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":12.671490000000006,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":333.20529,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":240.1422,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":60.1422,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","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":1937,"month":3,"day":20,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2428612.770833,"kali_year":5038,"ahargana":1840147.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":336.3643,"rashi":12,"rashi_name":"Mīna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":71.3501,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":8,"name":"Aṣṭamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Aṣṭamī","elongation_degrees":94.9859,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":10.9859},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":2,"moon_longitude":71.3501,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.6834},"yoga":{"number":4,"name":"Saubhāgya","sum_longitude":47.7144},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":15,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-0.874,"elongation":94.986},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-0.874,"opposition_distance":85.014}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":1994,"vikram_samvatsara":"Vikṛti","saka_samvat":1859,"saka_samvatsara":"Īśvara","bengali_samvat":1344,"malayalam_era":1113,"nanakshahi_year":468,"lunar_month":"Caitra","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Caitra Śukla Pakṣa","solar_month":"Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)","ritu":"Vasanta (Spring)","display_summary":"Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī · Vikram 1994 Vikṛti · Śaka 1859 Īśvara"},"festivals":[{"id":"mina-sankranti","name":"Mīna Saṅkrānti","name_sanskrit":"मीन सङ्क्रान्ति","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","significance":"Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.","vrata":false,"detection":{"sun_rashi":"Mīna"},"precedence":5}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"shani-walk","name":"Śani Walk","name_sanskrit":"शनि यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.","step_count":7,"url":"/walk/shani-walk"},"reason":"Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[{"historical_date":"-3137-12-25","event":"Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan","chart_id":"bhishma","shared_marker":"same Śukla Aṣṭamī","url":"/day/-3137-12-25","relevance":0.5}]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"valid_from":"1937-03-20T00:00:00Z"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate; Vidhyamitra substrate"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga March 20, 1937 CE · Vidhyamitra","description":"Vedic pañchāṅga for March 20, 1937 CE: Śukla Aṣṭamī · Ārdrā.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1937-03-20","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1937-03-20","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/day/1937-03-20","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/day/1937-03-20","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1937-03-20"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-05-14T18:37:26.156Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-05-14T18:37:26.156Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa"}}}