{"id":"vidhyamitra:city-day:haridwar:2018-08-27:en","page_class":"VM-CD-city-day","url":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2018-08-27","language":{"target_lang":"en","base_lang":"en","quality_tier":"canonical"},"data":{"date":"2018-08-27","date_display":"August 27, 2018 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":2018,"month":8,"day":27,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458357.770833,"kali_year":5120,"ahargana":1869892.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":128.9204,"rashi":5,"rashi_name":"Siṃha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":315.872,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"tithi":{"number":16,"name":"Pratipada","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Pratipada","elongation_degrees":186.9516,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":6.9516},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":3,"moon_longitude":315.872,"elapsed_within_degrees":9.2053},"yoga":{"number":7,"name":"Sukarma","sum_longitude":84.7924},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":31,"name":"Kaulava"},"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":2018,"month":8,"day":27,"hour":6,"minute":30,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458357.770833,"ahargana":1869892.2708,"kali_year":5120,"ayanamsa_lahiri":24.1136,"grahas":{"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":129.63181199999997,"rashi":{"number":5,"name":"Siṃha"},"nakshatra":{"number":10,"name":"Maghā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":315.52601200000004,"rashi":{"number":11,"name":"Kumbha"},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":3},"retrograde":false,"latitude":-2.3671},"mars":{"sidereal_longitude":274.24381199999993,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":21,"name":"Uttara Āṣāḍhā","pada":3},"retrograde":false},"mercury":{"sidereal_longitude":111.085012,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":9,"name":"Aśleṣā","pada":2},"retrograde":false},"jupiter":{"sidereal_longitude":202.305612,"rashi":{"number":7,"name":"Tulā"},"nakshatra":{"number":16,"name":"Viśākhā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"venus":{"sidereal_longitude":174.91311199999996,"rashi":{"number":6,"name":"Kanyā"},"nakshatra":{"number":14,"name":"Citrā","pada":1},"retrograde":false},"saturn":{"sidereal_longitude":248.403912,"rashi":{"number":9,"name":"Dhanu"},"nakshatra":{"number":19,"name":"Mūla","pada":3},"retrograde":true},"rahu":{"sidereal_longitude":104.1089,"rashi":{"number":4,"name":"Karka"},"nakshatra":{"number":8,"name":"Puṣya","pada":4},"retrograde":false},"ketu":{"sidereal_longitude":284.1089,"rashi":{"number":10,"name":"Makara"},"nakshatra":{"number":22,"name":"Śravaṇa","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":"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":2018,"month":8,"day":27,"hour":6,"minute":30,"second":0,"calendar":"gregorian"},"julian_day":2458357.770833,"kali_year":5120,"ahargana":1869892.2708,"sun":{"sidereal_longitude":128.9204,"rashi":5,"rashi_name":"Siṃha"},"moon":{"sidereal_longitude":315.872,"rashi":11,"rashi_name":"Kumbha"},"tithi":{"number":16,"name":"Pratipada","paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","full_name":"Kṛṣṇa Pratipada","elongation_degrees":186.9516,"elapsed_within_tithi_degrees":6.9516},"nakshatra":{"number":24,"name":"Śatabhiṣā","pada":3,"moon_longitude":315.872,"elapsed_within_degrees":9.2053},"yoga":{"number":7,"name":"Sukarma","sum_longitude":84.7924},"karana":{"half_tithi_index":31,"name":"Kaulava"},"vara":{"number":3,"name":"Somavāra (Monday)"}},"eclipse_current":{"solar":{"type":"solar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.367,"elongation":173.048},"lunar":{"type":"lunar","occurs":false,"moon_latitude":-2.367,"opposition_distance":6.952}},"eclipse_window_40days":[]},"city":{"slug":"haridwar","name":"Haridwār","lat":29.9457,"lon":78.1642,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"tier2":{"city":{"slug":"haridwar","name":"Haridwār","lat":29.9457,"lon":78.1642,"tz_offset_hours":5.5,"state":"Uttarakhand","country":"IN","tier":"tirtha"},"sunriseLocal":"05:51","sunsetLocal":"18:46","solarNoonLocal":"12:18","dayLengthHours":12.919004335999498,"dayLengthDisplay":"12 Hours 55 Mins 08 Secs","nightLengthDisplay":"11 Hours 04 Mins 52 Secs","moonriseLocal":"18:58","moonsetLocal":"06:26","rahuKala":{"name":"Rāhu Kāla","start":"07:28","end":"09:05","startHours":7.463034482604669,"endHours":9.077910024604606,"quality":"inauspicious"},"yamaganda":{"name":"Yamaganda","start":"10:42","end":"12:18","startHours":10.692785566604543,"endHours":12.307661108604481,"quality":"inauspicious"},"gulika":{"name":"Gulika Kāla","start":"13:55","end":"15:32","startHours":13.922536650604417,"endHours":15.537412192604355,"quality":"inauspicious"},"durMuhurta":[{"name":"Dur Muhūrta","start":"08:52","end":"09:18","startHours":8.86259328567128,"endHours":9.29322676353793,"quality":"avoid"}],"varjyam":{"name":"Varjyam","start":"06:23","end":"06:44","startHours":6.386450787938044,"endHours":6.7309575702313635,"quality":"avoid"},"abhijit":{"name":"Abhijit Muhūrta","start":"11:53","end":"12:44","startHours":11.877027630737832,"endHours":12.738294586471131,"quality":"auspicious"},"brahmaMuhurta":{"name":"Brahma Muhūrta","start":"04:08","end":"04:59","startHours":4.125625029138132,"endHours":4.9868919848714315,"quality":"auspicious"},"pratahSandhya":{"name":"Prātaḥ Sandhyā","start":"04:46","end":"05:51","startHours":4.771575245938107,"endHours":5.848158940604732,"quality":"auspicious"},"vijayaMuhurta":{"name":"Vijaya Muhūrta","start":"14:28","end":"15:19","startHours":14.46082849793773,"endHours":15.322095453671029,"quality":"auspicious"},"godhuliMuhurta":{"name":"Godhūli Muhūrta","start":"18:34","end":"18:58","startHours":18.56716327660423,"endHours":18.96716327660423,"quality":"auspicious"},"sayahnaSandhya":{"name":"Sāyāhna Sandhyā","start":"18:46","end":"19:18","startHours":18.76716327660423,"endHours":19.30545512393754,"quality":"auspicious"},"amritKala":{"name":"Amṛta Kāla","start":"18:31","end":"20:16","startHours":18.51716327660423,"endHours":20.26716327660423,"quality":"auspicious"},"nishitaMuhurta":{"name":"Niśīta Muhūrta","start":"23:53","end":"00:44","startHours":23.87702763073783,"endHours":24.73829458647113,"quality":"auspicious"},"dayChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Amṛta","start":"05:51","end":"07:28","startHours":5.848158940604732,"endHours":7.463034482604669,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"07:28","end":"09:05","startHours":7.463034482604669,"endHours":9.077910024604606,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"09:05","end":"10:42","startHours":9.077910024604606,"endHours":10.692785566604543,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"10:42","end":"12:18","startHours":10.692785566604543,"endHours":12.307661108604481,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"12:18","end":"13:55","startHours":12.307661108604481,"endHours":13.922536650604417,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"13:55","end":"15:32","startHours":13.922536650604417,"endHours":15.537412192604355,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"15:32","end":"17:09","startHours":15.537412192604355,"endHours":17.152287734604293,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"17:09","end":"18:46","startHours":17.152287734604293,"endHours":18.76716327660423,"quality":"auspicious"}],"nightChoghadiyas":[{"name":"Chala","start":"18:46","end":"20:09","startHours":18.76716327660423,"endHours":20.152287734604293,"quality":"neutral"},{"name":"Labha","start":"20:09","end":"21:32","startHours":20.152287734604293,"endHours":21.537412192604354,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Amṛta","start":"21:32","end":"22:55","startHours":21.537412192604354,"endHours":22.922536650604417,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Kāla","start":"22:55","end":"00:18","startHours":22.922536650604417,"endHours":24.30766110860448,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Śubha","start":"00:18","end":"01:42","startHours":24.30766110860448,"endHours":25.69278556660454,"quality":"auspicious"},{"name":"Roga","start":"01:42","end":"03:05","startHours":25.69278556660454,"endHours":27.077910024604606,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Udveg","start":"03:05","end":"04:28","startHours":27.077910024604606,"endHours":28.46303448260467,"quality":"inauspicious"},{"name":"Chala","start":"04:28","end":"05:51","startHours":28.46303448260467,"endHours":29.848158940604733,"quality":"neutral"}],"horas":[{"name":"Hora 1","start":"05:51","end":"06:51","startHours":5.848158940604732,"endHours":6.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 2","start":"06:51","end":"07:51","startHours":6.848158940604732,"endHours":7.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 3","start":"07:51","end":"08:51","startHours":7.848158940604732,"endHours":8.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 4","start":"08:51","end":"09:51","startHours":8.848158940604732,"endHours":9.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 5","start":"09:51","end":"10:51","startHours":9.848158940604732,"endHours":10.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 6","start":"10:51","end":"11:51","startHours":10.848158940604732,"endHours":11.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 7","start":"11:51","end":"12:51","startHours":11.848158940604732,"endHours":12.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 8","start":"12:51","end":"13:51","startHours":12.848158940604732,"endHours":13.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 9","start":"13:51","end":"14:51","startHours":13.848158940604732,"endHours":14.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 10","start":"14:51","end":"15:51","startHours":14.848158940604732,"endHours":15.848158940604732,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 11","start":"15:51","end":"16:51","startHours":15.848158940604732,"endHours":16.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 12","start":"16:51","end":"17:51","startHours":16.848158940604733,"endHours":17.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 13","start":"17:51","end":"18:51","startHours":17.848158940604733,"endHours":18.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 14","start":"18:51","end":"19:51","startHours":18.848158940604733,"endHours":19.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 15","start":"19:51","end":"20:51","startHours":19.848158940604733,"endHours":20.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 16","start":"20:51","end":"21:51","startHours":20.848158940604733,"endHours":21.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 17","start":"21:51","end":"22:51","startHours":21.848158940604733,"endHours":22.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Venus"},{"name":"Hora 18","start":"22:51","end":"23:51","startHours":22.848158940604733,"endHours":23.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Sun"},{"name":"Hora 19","start":"23:51","end":"00:51","startHours":23.848158940604733,"endHours":24.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Mars"},{"name":"Hora 20","start":"00:51","end":"01:51","startHours":24.848158940604733,"endHours":25.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Jupiter"},{"name":"Hora 21","start":"01:51","end":"02:51","startHours":25.848158940604733,"endHours":26.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Saturn"},{"name":"Hora 22","start":"02:51","end":"03:51","startHours":26.848158940604733,"endHours":27.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Moon"},{"name":"Hora 23","start":"03:51","end":"04:51","startHours":27.848158940604733,"endHours":28.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Mercury"},{"name":"Hora 24","start":"04:51","end":"05:51","startHours":28.848158940604733,"endHours":29.848158940604733,"planetary_lord":"Venus"}],"taraBala":{"favorable_nakshatras":["Aśvinī","Bharaṇī","Punarvasu","Puṣya","Aśleṣā","Maghā","Pūrva Phalgunī","Viśākhā","Anurādhā","Jyeṣṭhā","Mūla","Pūrva Āṣāḍhā","Pūrva Bhādrapadā","Uttara Bhādrapadā","Revatī"],"unfavorable_nakshatras":["Kṛttikā","Rohiṇī","Mṛgaśirā","Ārdrā","Uttara Phalgunī","Hasta","Citrā","Svātī","Uttara Āṣāḍhā","Śravaṇa","Dhaniṣṭhā","Śatabhiṣaj"],"nature":"Janma-tara if same nakshatra; favorable for 15 nakshatras"},"chandraBala":{"favorable_rashis":["Meṣa","Karka","Siṃha","Vṛścika","Dhanu","Kumbha"],"unfavorable_rashis":["Vṛṣabha","Mithuna","Kanyā","Tulā","Makara","Mīna"]},"dishaShool":"East (Pūrva)","chandraVasa":"South","rahuVasa":"North-East","anandadiYoga":{"name":"Dhātṛ","quality":"Auspicious"},"tropicalRitu":"Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)","vedicRitu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","tropicalAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","vedicAyana":"Dakṣiṇāyana","meta":{"method":"BOB-History Sūrya-Siddhānta + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 spherical localization","declination":10.133430874935566,"eotMinutes":-1.116466516268853,"ayanamsa":24.1136}},"calendars":{"vikram_samvat":2075,"vikram_samvatsara":"Virodhakṛt","saka_samvat":1940,"saka_samvatsara":"Vilambī","bengali_samvat":1425,"malayalam_era":1194,"nanakshahi_year":549,"lunar_month":"Bhādrapada","lunar_month_paksha_full":"Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa","lunar_month_system":"purnimanta","lunar_month_purnimanta":"Bhādrapada","lunar_month_amanta":"Śrāvaṇa","lunar_month_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_purnimanta_is_adhika":false,"lunar_month_amanta_is_adhika":false,"solar_month":"Siṃha (Āvaṇi)","ritu":"Varṣā (Monsoon)","display_summary":"Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pratipada · Vikram 2075 Virodhakṛt · Śaka 1940 Vilambī"},"festivals":[{"id":"pitra-paksha-start","name":"Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start","name_sanskrit":"पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ","tradition":"Pan-Hindu","associated_deity":"Pitṛ-gaṇa","significance":"Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.","vrata":true,"detection":{"tithi_number":16,"tithi_paksha":"Kṛṣṇa","lunar_month":"Bhādrapada"},"precedence":2}],"todays_walk":{"walk":{"id":"chandra-walk","name":"Candra Walk","name_sanskrit":"चन्द्र यात्रा","type":"graha","description":"Manas-control + BG 6.5-7, 6.34-35.","step_count":5,"url":"/walk/chandra-walk","steps":[{"label":"BG 6.5","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/5","purpose":"Lift the self by the Self; begin the walk with inner responsibility."},{"label":"BG 6.6","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/6","purpose":"See the mind as friend when mastered and enemy when unmastered."},{"label":"BG 6.7","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/7","purpose":"Stabilize the conquered mind in heat/cold, honor/dishonor, pleasure/pain."},{"label":"BG 6.34","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/34","purpose":"Name the restless mind honestly before trying to discipline it."},{"label":"BG 6.35","url":"/bhagavad-gita/6/35","purpose":"Complete with abhyāsa and vairāgya: practice and detachment."}]},"reason":"Dedicated festival walk for Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start is not live yet; Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk."},"cosmic_resonances":[]},"validity":{"eternal":false,"location_specific":"haridwar"},"liturgical":{"opening":"जय श्री कृष्ण","closing":"ॐ तत् सत्","attribution":"Computed by Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate + Vidhyamitra Tier-2 layer"},"seo":{"title":"Pañchāṅga August 27, 2018 CE · Haridwār · Vidhyamitra","description":"August 27, 2018 CE for Haridwār: Kṛṣṇa Pratipada, sūryodaya 05:51, sūryāsta 18:46.","schema_org_type":"Article","canonical":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2018-08-27","hreflang_alternates":{"en":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2018-08-27","sa":"https://sa.vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2018-08-27","hi":"https://hi.vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2018-08-27","x-default":"https://vidhyamitra.com/city/haridwar/2018-08-27"}},"provenance":[{"pillar":"BOB-History","pillar_version":"2.12.0","method":"Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles + Bhāskara II + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) corrections","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T14:50:50.617Z","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":"2026-09-11T14:50:50.617Z","verification":{"type":"community-validated","markers":["modern-reference checked timing on Narasiṁha Jayantī 2026"],"confidence":"verified"}}],"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-11T14:50:50.617Z","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"}}}