{"id":"vidhyamitra:day:2017-03-04:en","page_class":"VM-1-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2017-03-04","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2017-03-04","date_display":"March 4, 2017 CE","panchanga":{"method":"Sūrya Siddhānta (Burgess 1860 text, no bīja): Sun and Moon by the equation of the apsis with the 24-sine table","engine_version":"3.0 (text of the Sūrya Siddhānta)","accuracy_note":"Siddhāntic places, not the observed sky. Against the observed sky 1900-2030 the Moon averages -0.06 deg (max 3.6 deg), the Sun -0.21 deg (max 0.6 deg).","tradition_chain":"Sūrya Siddhānta, tr. E. Burgess (JAOS 6, 1860): I.29-47, II.15-45","input":{"year":2017,"month":3,"day":4,"hour":6,"minute":19.8,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2457816.76375,"kali_year":5118,"ahargana":1869351.2637,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":319.4631,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":29.3726,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"tithi":{"number":6,"name":"Ṣaṣṭhī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī","elongation_degrees":69.9095,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":9.9095},"nakshatra":{"number":3,"name":"Kṛttikā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":29.3726,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.7059},"yoga":{"number":27,"name":"Vaidhṛti","sum_longitude":348.8357},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":11,"name":"Taitila"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"sky":{"method":"Sūrya Siddhānta four-step process (II.43-44), tabular sines, even/odd epicycles, no bīja; verified against Burgess 1860 worked example","engine_version":"4.0 (Pūrṇa — Burgess text, 2026-09-26)","tradition_sources":"Sūrya Siddhānta Ch. I-III, tr. E. Burgess (JAOS 6, 1860)","input":{"year":2017,"month":3,"day":4,"hour":6,"minute":19.8,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2457816.76375,"ahargana":1869351.2637,"kali_year":5118,"ayanamsa":22.7682,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":319.4631,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":29.3726,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":3,"name":"Kṛttikā","pada":1},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-4.3772},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":0.3133,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":320.2526,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":183.6621,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":331.4778,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":236.5734,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":132.7741,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":312.7741,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":2},"retrograde":false}},"panchang":{"method":"Sūrya Siddhānta (Burgess 1860 text, no bīja): Sun and Moon by the equation of the apsis with the 24-sine table","engine_version":"3.0 (text of the Sūrya Siddhānta)","accuracy_note":"Siddhāntic places, not the observed sky. Against the observed sky 1900-2030 the Moon averages -0.06 deg (max 3.6 deg), the Sun -0.21 deg (max 0.6 deg).","tradition_chain":"Sūrya Siddhānta, tr. E. Burgess (JAOS 6, 1860): I.29-47, II.15-45","input":{"year":2017,"month":3,"day":4,"hour":6,"minute":19.8,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2457816.76375,"kali_year":5118,"ahargana":1869351.2637,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":319.4631,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":29.3726,"rashi":1,"rashi_name":"Meṣa"},"tithi":{"number":6,"name":"Ṣaṣṭhī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī","elongation_degrees":69.9095,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":9.9095},"nakshatra":{"number":3,"name":"Kṛttikā","pada":1,"moon_longitude":29.3726,"elapsed_within_degrees":2.7059},"yoga":{"number":27,"name":"Vaidhṛti","sum_longitude":348.8357},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":11,"name":"Taitila"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.377,"elongation":69.91},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.377,"opposition_distance":110.09}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2073,"vikram_samvatsara":"Saumya","saka_samvat":1938,"saka_samvatsara":"Durmukhi","bengali_samvat":1423,"malayalam_era":1192,"nanakshahi_year":548,"lunar_month":"Phālguna","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Phālguna","lunar_month_amanta":"Phālguna","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Kumbha (Māsi)","ritu":"Śiśira (Winter)","display_summary":"Phālguna Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī · Vikram 2073 Saumya · Śaka 1938 Durmukhi"},"festivals":[],"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":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"valid_from":"2017-03-04T00:00:00Z"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate; Vidhyamitra substrate"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga March 4, 2017 CE · Vidhyamitra","description":"Vedic pañchāṅga for March 4, 2017 CE: Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī · Kṛttikā.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2017-03-04","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2017-03-04","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/day/2017-03-04","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/day/2017-03-04","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2017-03-04"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-10-08T08:13:46.255Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-08T08:13:46.255Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"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"}}}