{"id":"vidhyamitra:day:2248-08-31:en","page_class":"VM-1-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2248-08-31","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2248-08-31","date_display":"August 31, 2248 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":2248,"month":8,"day":31,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2542367.770833,"kali_year":5350,"ahargana":1953902.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":129.3875,"rashi":5,"rashi_name":"Siṃha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":263.7384,"rashi":9,"rashi_name":"Dhanu"},"tithi":{"number":12,"name":"Dvādaśī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Dvādaśī","elongation_degrees":134.3509,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":2.3509},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":263.7384,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.4051},"yoga":{"number":3,"name":"Āyuṣmān","sum_longitude":33.126},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":22,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":6,"name":"Guruvāra (Thursday)"}},"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":2248,"month":8,"day":31,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2542367.770833,"ahargana":1953902.2708,"kali_year":5350,"ayanamsa_lahiri":27.3266,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":130.661813,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":266.50051299999996,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-4.2038},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":80.90871300000003,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":109.00981300000001,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":4.126213000000007,"rashi":{"number":1,"name":"Meṣa"},"nakshatra":{"number":1,"name":"Aśvinī","pada":2},"retrograde":true},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":165.39771300000007,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":183.903013,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":332.8549,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":25,"name":"Pūrva Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":152.8549,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","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":2248,"month":8,"day":31,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2542367.770833,"kali_year":5350,"ahargana":1953902.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":129.3875,"rashi":5,"rashi_name":"Siṃha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":263.7384,"rashi":9,"rashi_name":"Dhanu"},"tithi":{"number":12,"name":"Dvādaśī","paksha":"Śukla","full_name":"Śukla Dvādaśī","elongation_degrees":134.3509,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":2.3509},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":4,"moon_longitude":263.7384,"elapsed_within_degrees":10.4051},"yoga":{"number":3,"name":"Āyuṣmān","sum_longitude":33.126},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":22,"name":"Bava"},"vara":{"number":6,"name":"Guruvāra (Thursday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.204,"elongation":134.351},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.204,"opposition_distance":45.649}},"eclipse_window_40days":[{"offset_days":4,"type":"lunar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":-1.476,"opposition_distance":0.246},{"offset_days":18,"type":"solar","occurs":true,"moon_latitude":0.484,"elongation":1.06}]},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2305,"vikram_samvatsara":"Plava","saka_samvat":2170,"saka_samvatsara":"Sarvadhāri","bengali_samvat":1655,"malayalam_era":1424,"nanakshahi_year":779,"lunar_month":"Bhādrapada","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa","solar_month":"Siṃha (Āvaṇi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Bhādrapada Śukla Dvādaśī · Vikram 2305 Plava · Śaka 2170 Sarvadhāri"},"festivals":[{"id":"vamana-jayanti","name":"Vāmana Jayantī","name_sanskrit":"वामन जयन्ती","tradition":"Vaishnava","associated_deity":"Vāmana (5th daśāvatāra of Krishna)","deity_avatara_index":15,"significance":"Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)","vrata":true,"detection":{"tithi_number":12,"tithi_paksha":"Śukla","lunar_month":"Bhādrapada"},"precedence":2,"sources":["Bhāgavata 8.18-22"]},{"id":"simha-sankranti","name":"Siṁha Saṅkrānti","name_sanskrit":"सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","significance":"Sun enters Leo.","vrata":false,"detection":{"sun_rashi":"Siṃha"},"precedence":5}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"guru-walk","name":"Bṛhaspati Walk","name_sanskrit":"गुरु यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.","step_count":8,"url":"/walk/guru-walk"},"reason":"Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"valid_from":"2248-08-31T00:00:00Z"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate; Vidhyamitra substrate"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga August 31, 2248 CE · Vidhyamitra","description":"Vedic pañchāṅga for August 31, 2248 CE: Śukla Dvādaśī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2248-08-31","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2248-08-31","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/day/2248-08-31","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/day/2248-08-31","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2248-08-31"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-05-27T18:16:17.462Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-05-27T18:16:17.462Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa"}}}