{"id":"vidhyamitra:day:1956-07-16:en","page_class":"VM-1-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1956-07-16","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"1956-07-16","date_display":"July 16, 1956 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":1956,"month":7,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2435670.770833,"kali_year":5058,"ahargana":1847205.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":89.8898,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":190.9279,"rashi":7,"rashi_name":"Tulā"},"tithi":{"number":9,"name":"Navamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Navamī","elongation_degrees":101.0381,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":5.0381},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","pada":2,"moon_longitude":190.9279,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.2612},"yoga":{"number":22,"name":"Sādhya","sum_longitude":280.8177},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":16,"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":1956,"month":7,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2435670.770833,"ahargana":1847205.2708,"kali_year":5058,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.2459,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":90.22562299999998,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":194.13772300000005,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-2.5952},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":326.7444230000001,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":86.284423,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":128.24992300000002,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":59.81962299999998,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mr̥gaśirā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":213.51272300000005,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":17,"name":"Anurādhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":226.1754,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":17,"name":"Anurādhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":46.1754,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":4,"name":"Rohiṇī","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":"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":1956,"month":7,"day":16,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2435670.770833,"kali_year":5058,"ahargana":1847205.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":89.8898,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":190.9279,"rashi":7,"rashi_name":"Tulā"},"tithi":{"number":9,"name":"Navamī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Navamī","elongation_degrees":101.0381,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":5.0381},"nakshatra":{"number":15,"name":"Svātī","pada":2,"moon_longitude":190.9279,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.2612},"yoga":{"number":22,"name":"Sādhya","sum_longitude":280.8177},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":16,"name":"Bālava"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.595,"elongation":101.038},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.595,"opposition_distance":78.962}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2013,"vikram_samvatsara":"Saumya","saka_samvat":1878,"saka_samvatsara":"Durmukhi","bengali_samvat":1363,"malayalam_era":1132,"nanakshahi_year":487,"lunar_month":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa","solar_month":"Karkaṭa (Āḍi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Śrāvaṇa Śukla Navamī · Vikram 2013 Saumya · Śaka 1878 Durmukhi"},"festivals":[{"id":"karka-sankranti","name":"Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)","name_sanskrit":"कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","associated_deity":"Sūrya Bhagavān","significance":"Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.","vrata":true,"detection":{"sun_rashi":"Karka"},"precedence":2}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"chandra-walk","name":"Candra Walk","name_sanskrit":"चन्द्र यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.","step_count":5,"url":"/walk/chandra-walk"},"reason":"Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[{"historical_date":"-1626101-04-03","event":"Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā","chart_id":"rama","shared_marker":"same Śukla Navamī","url":"/day/-1626101-04-03","relevance":0.5}]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"valid_from":"1956-07-16T00:00:00Z"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate; Vidhyamitra substrate"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga July 16, 1956 CE · Vidhyamitra","description":"Vedic pañchāṅga for July 16, 1956 CE: Śukla Navamī · Svātī.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1956-07-16","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1956-07-16","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/day/1956-07-16","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/day/1956-07-16","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/1956-07-16"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-05-14T06:03:51.045Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-05-14T06:03:51.045Z","pillar_versions":{"BOB-History":"Pūrṇa"}}}