Panchang in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Thu 12 Apr 2029

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 00:45 on Thu 12 Apr to 03:12 on Fri 13 Apr, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:24–00:11 Fri) falls within it. No text giving Masik Shivratri’s time was found; nishitha is Tithika’s convention.

Masik Shivratri: every date in Codcod

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 336°–348° is the 29th, Krishna Chaturdashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 05:38 here. Trayodashi ended at 00:45, before it. Chaturdashi ends at 03:12 Fri, when the lead reaches 348°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 30 Mar, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Wed 11 Apr ran from sunset 17:57 Wed to sunrise 05:38, 11 h 41 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 46 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 05:38 to 17:57, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 32 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 17:57 to 05:37 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 27 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The fixed stars divide the Moon's path into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′, each in 4 padas of 3°20′. Uttara Bhadrapada spans 333°20′–346°40′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 333°20′. It leaves at 02:45 Fri, for Revati.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 358° + 336.2° = 694.2°, one full turn and 334.2°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 333°20′–346°40′ is the 26th, Indra. It ends at 04:52 Fri, then Vaidhriti.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Chaturdashi is Vishti and the second Shakuni. Vishti runs until 13:58, when the lead reaches 342°; Shakuni until 03:12 Fri.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 05:38 to 05:37 Fri, so the hours after midnight still belong to Guruwara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 15 Mar 12:19 Thu to 14 Apr 05:40 Sat the Sun stayed in Meena, entering Mesha at 14 Apr 06:24 Sat, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Chaitra, before Chaitra itself.

A purnimanta month runs from full moon to full moon, so its waning half comes first. It shares its name with the amanta month that its second half falls in: the new moon of 14 Apr, with the Sun in Meena, begins Chaitra (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Chaitra (Adhik) here, and Chaitra (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 15 Mar 2029, 12:19 Thu. Since then the Sun has moved 27.4° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2086; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1951.