{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:dwarka:1996-12-26:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/dwarka/1996-12-26","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"1996-12-26","date_display":"December 26, 1996 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":"Not independently benchmarked across the declared range","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":1996,"month":12,"day":26,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2450443.770833,"kali_year":5098,"ahargana":1861978.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":250.4564,"rashi":9,"rashi_name":"Dhanu"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":85.9628,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":17,"name":"Dvitīyā","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā","elongation_degrees":195.5063,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":3.5063},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":2,"moon_longitude":85.9628,"elapsed_within_degrees":5.9628},"yoga":{"number":26,"name":"Indra","sum_longitude":336.4192},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":32,"name":"Taitila"},"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":1996,"month":12,"day":26,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2450443.770833,"ahargana":1861978.2708,"kali_year":5098,"ayanamsa_lahiri":23.8109,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":250.734685,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":84.00288499999999,"rashi":{"number":3,"name":"Mithuna"},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":2},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-4.3926},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":153.30608499999994,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":12,"name":"Uttara Phalgunī","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":265.07598499999995,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":20,"name":"Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","pada":4},"retrograde":true},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":270.050385,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":227.23358499999995,"rashi":{"number":8,"name":"Vṛścika"},"nakshatra":{"number":18,"name":"Jyeṣṭhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":337.240685,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":163.4307,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":13,"name":"Hasta","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":343.4307,"rashi":{"number":12,"name":"Mīna"},"nakshatra":{"number":26,"name":"Uttara Bhādrapadā","pada":4},"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":"Not independently benchmarked across the declared range","tradition_chain":"Āryabhaṭa(499) → Brahmagupta(628) → Bhāskara II(1150) → Mādhava(~1400) → Parameśvara(1430) → Nīlakaṇṭha(1501) → this","input":{"year":1996,"month":12,"day":26,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2450443.770833,"kali_year":5098,"ahargana":1861978.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":250.4564,"rashi":9,"rashi_name":"Dhanu"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":85.9628,"rashi":3,"rashi_name":"Mithuna"},"tithi":{"number":17,"name":"Dvitīyā","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā","elongation_degrees":195.5063,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":3.5063},"nakshatra":{"number":7,"name":"Punarvasu","pada":2,"moon_longitude":85.9628,"elapsed_within_degrees":5.9628},"yoga":{"number":26,"name":"Indra","sum_longitude":336.4192},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":32,"name":"Taitila"},"vara":{"number":6,"name":"Guruvāra (Thursday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.393,"elongation":164.494},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-4.393,"opposition_distance":15.506}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"dwarka","name":"Dvārakā","lat":22.2393,"lon":68.9686,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Gujarat","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"dwarka","name":"Dvārakā","lat":22.2393,"lon":68.9686,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Gujarat","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"07:32","sunsetLocal":"18:18","solarNoonLocal":"12:55","dayLengthHours":10.7764170698861,"dayLengthDisplay":"10 Hours 46 Mins 35 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"13 Hours 13 Mins 25 Secs","moonriseLocal":"19:07","moonsetLocal":"08:29","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"14:16","end":"15:37","startHours":14.265145672576168,"endHours":15.612197806311931,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"07:32","end":"08:53","startHours":7.5298850038973555,"endHours":8.876937137633117,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"10:13","end":"11:34","startHours":10.22398927136888,"endHours":11.571041405104644,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"10:03","end":"10:24","startHours":10.044382320204113,"endHours":10.403596222533649,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"07:59","end":"08:16","startHours":7.978902381809276,"endHours":8.266273503672906,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"12:34","end":"13:17","startHours":12.55887963651087,"endHours":13.277307441169942,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"06:06","end":"06:49","startHours":6.093029394579209,"endHours":6.811457199238282,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"06:38","end":"07:32","startHours":6.631850248073514,"endHours":7.5298850038973555,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:43","end":"15:26","startHours":14.71416305048809,"endHours":15.432590855147163,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:06","end":"18:30","startHours":18.106302073783457,"endHours":18.506302073783456,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:18","end":"18:45","startHours":18.306302073783456,"endHours":18.755319451695378,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:03","end":"19:48","startHours":18.056302073783456,"endHours":19.806302073783456,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"00:34","end":"01:17","startHours":24.55887963651087,"endHours":25.277307441169942,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Śubha","start":"07:32","end":"08:53","startHours":7.5298850038973555,"endHours":8.876937137633117,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"08:53","end":"10:13","startHours":8.876937137633117,"endHours":10.22398927136888,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"10:13","end":"11:34","startHours":10.22398927136888,"endHours":11.571041405104644,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"11:34","end":"12:55","startHours":11.571041405104644,"endHours":12.918093538840406,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"12:55","end":"14:16","startHours":12.918093538840406,"endHours":14.265145672576168,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"14:16","end":"15:37","startHours":14.265145672576168,"endHours":15.612197806311931,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"15:37","end":"16:58","startHours":15.612197806311931,"endHours":16.959249940047695,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"16:58","end":"18:18","startHours":16.959249940047695,"endHours":18.306302073783456,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"18:18","end":"19:58","startHours":18.306302073783456,"endHours":19.959249940047695,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"19:58","end":"21:37","startHours":19.959249940047695,"endHours":21.612197806311933,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"21:37","end":"23:16","startHours":21.612197806311933,"endHours":23.265145672576168,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"23:16","end":"00:55","startHours":23.265145672576168,"endHours":24.918093538840406,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"00:55","end":"02:34","startHours":24.918093538840406,"endHours":26.571041405104644,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"02:34","end":"04:13","startHours":26.571041405104644,"endHours":28.22398927136888,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"04:13","end":"05:53","startHours":28.22398927136888,"endHours":29.876937137633117,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"05:53","end":"07:32","startHours":29.876937137633117,"endHours":31.529885003897355,"quality":"auspicious"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"07:32","end":"08:32","startHours":7.5298850038973555,"endHours":8.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"08:32","end":"09:32","startHours":8.529885003897355,"endHours":9.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"09:32","end":"10:32","startHours":9.529885003897355,"endHours":10.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"10:32","end":"11:32","startHours":10.529885003897355,"endHours":11.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"11:32","end":"12:32","startHours":11.529885003897355,"endHours":12.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"12:32","end":"13:32","startHours":12.529885003897355,"endHours":13.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"13:32","end":"14:32","startHours":13.529885003897355,"endHours":14.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"14:32","end":"15:32","startHours":14.529885003897355,"endHours":15.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"15:32","end":"16:32","startHours":15.529885003897355,"endHours":16.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"16:32","end":"17:32","startHours":16.529885003897355,"endHours":17.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"17:32","end":"18:32","startHours":17.529885003897355,"endHours":18.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"18:32","end":"19:32","startHours":18.529885003897355,"endHours":19.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"19:32","end":"20:32","startHours":19.529885003897355,"endHours":20.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"20:32","end":"21:32","startHours":20.529885003897355,"endHours":21.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"21:32","end":"22:32","startHours":21.529885003897355,"endHours":22.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"22:32","end":"23:32","startHours":22.529885003897355,"endHours":23.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"23:32","end":"00:32","startHours":23.529885003897355,"endHours":24.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"00:32","end":"01:32","startHours":24.529885003897355,"endHours":25.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"01:32","end":"02:32","startHours":25.529885003897355,"endHours":26.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"02:32","end":"03:32","startHours":26.529885003897355,"endHours":27.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"03:32","end":"04:32","startHours":27.529885003897355,"endHours":28.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"04:32","end":"05:32","startHours":28.529885003897355,"endHours":29.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"05:32","end":"06:32","startHours":29.529885003897355,"endHours":30.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"06:32","end":"07:32","startHours":30.529885003897355,"endHours":31.529885003897355,"planetary_lord":"Moon"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Kṛttikā","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Uttara Phalgunī","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Punarvasu","Hasta","Citrā","Svātī","Viśākhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj","Pūrva Bhādrapadā"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Mithuna","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Mīna"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Karka","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Kumbha"]},"dishaShool":"South (Dakṣiṇa)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"North-West","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Gada","quality":"Inauspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","tropicalAyana":"Uttarāyaṇa","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":-23.3583992401498,"eotMinutes":-0.9600123304242594,"ayanamsa":23.8109}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2053,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhi","saka_samvat":1918,"saka_samvatsara":"Dhātṛ","bengali_samvat":1403,"malayalam_era":1172,"nanakshahi_year":527,"lunar_month":"Pauṣa","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Pauṣa","lunar_month_amanta":"Mārgaśīrṣa","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)","ritu":"Hemanta (Pre-winter)","display_summary":"Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā · Vikram 2053 Virodhi · Śaka 1918 Dhātṛ"},"festivals":[],"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,"location_specific":"dwarka"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga December 26, 1996 CE · Dvārakā · Vidhyamitra","description":"December 26, 1996 CE for Dvārakā: Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā, sūryodaya 07:32, sūryāsta 18:18.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/dwarka/1996-12-26","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/dwarka/1996-12-26","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/dwarka/1996-12-26","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/dwarka/1996-12-26","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/dwarka/1996-12-26"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T09:35:23.521Z","verification":{"type":"multi-marker","confidence":"canonical"}},{"pillar":"Vidhyamitra-Tier2","pillar_version":"0.1.0","method":"Spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa + standard solar declination + EoT correction","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T09:35:23.521Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-11T09:35:23.521Z","pillar_versions":{"Sūrya-Siddhānta":"Pūrṇa","Vidhyamitra-Tier2":"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"}}}