{"id":"vidhyamitra:day:2346-08-17:en","page_class":"VM-1-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2346-08-17","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2346-08-17","date_display":"August 17, 2346 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":2346,"month":8,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2578146.770833,"kali_year":5448,"ahargana":1989681.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":113.7251,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":98.2657,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"tithi":{"number":29,"name":"Caturdaśī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī","elongation_degrees":344.5406,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":8.5406},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":2,"moon_longitude":98.2657,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.9324},"yoga":{"number":16,"name":"Siddhi","sum_longitude":211.9908},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":57,"name":"Śakuni"},"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":2346,"month":8,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2578146.770833,"ahargana":1989681.2708,"kali_year":5448,"ayanamsa_lahiri":28.695,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":115.15989200000001,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":99.22819200000004,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":2},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-2.9597},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":90.88839200000001,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":127.93379200000004,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":93.54939200000001,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":79.24309199999999,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":6,"name":"Ārdrā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":293.6869919999999,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":23,"name":"Dhaniṣṭhā","pada":1},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":237.1113,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":57.1113,"rashi":{"number":2,"name":"Vṛṣabha"},"nakshatra":{"number":5,"name":"Mṛgaśīrṣā","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":2346,"month":8,"day":17,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2578146.770833,"kali_year":5448,"ahargana":1989681.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":113.7251,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":98.2657,"rashi":4,"rashi_name":"Karka"},"tithi":{"number":29,"name":"Caturdaśī","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī","elongation_degrees":344.5406,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":8.5406},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":2,"moon_longitude":98.2657,"elapsed_within_degrees":4.9324},"yoga":{"number":16,"name":"Siddhi","sum_longitude":211.9908},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":57,"name":"Śakuni"},"vara":{"number":1,"name":"Śanivāra (Saturday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.96,"elongation":15.459},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.96,"opposition_distance":164.541}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2403,"vikram_samvatsara":"Pramāthi","saka_samvat":2268,"saka_samvatsara":"Akṣaya","bengali_samvat":1753,"malayalam_era":1522,"nanakshahi_year":877,"lunar_month":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_amanta":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Karkaṭa (Āḍi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī · Vikram 2403 Pramāthi · Śaka 2268 Akṣaya"},"festivals":[{"id":"masika-shivaratri","name":"Māsika Śivarātri","name_sanskrit":"मासिक शिवरात्रि","tradition":"Shaiva","associated_deity":"Śiva","significance":"Monthly Śiva observance.","vrata":true,"detection":{"tithi_number":29,"tithi_paksha":"Kṛṣṇa"},"precedence":6}],"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":"2346-08-17T00:00:00Z"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate; Vidhyamitra substrate"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga August 17, 2346 CE · Vidhyamitra","description":"Vedic pañchāṅga for August 17, 2346 CE: Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī · Puṣya.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2346-08-17","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2346-08-17","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/day/2346-08-17","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/day/2346-08-17","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/day/2346-08-17"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-06-05T10:44:45.501Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-06-05T10:44:45.501Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa"}}}