Panchang in Midleton, Munster, Ireland Fri 25 Aug 2017

Ganesha’s puja is done at madhyahna, the middle fifth of the day. Chaturthi runs from 15:57 on Thu 24 Aug to 16:01 on Fri 25 Aug, so only Friday’s madhyahna (12:10–14:58) falls within it.

Ganesh Chaturthi: every date in Midleton

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 36°–48° is the 4th, Shukla Chaturthi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:33 here. Tritiya ended at 15:57 Thu, before it. Chaturthi ends at 16:01, when the lead reaches 48°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 21 Aug, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Thu 24 Aug ran from sunset 20:37 Thu to sunrise 06:33, 9 h 56 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 39 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:33 to 20:34, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 45 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 20:34 to 06:35 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 15 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′. Hasta spans 160°00′–173°20′; the Moon entered its pada 4 at 170°. It leaves at 10:05, for Chitra.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 128.1° + 171.4° = 299.5°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 293°20′–306°40′ is the 23rd, Shubha. It ends at 18:57, then Shukla.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Chaturthi is Vanija and the second Vishti. Vanija ended at 03:54, when the lead reached 42°; Vishti runs until 16:01.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:33 to 06:35 Sat, so the hours after midnight still belong to Shukrawara.

An amanta month runs from new moon to new moon and takes its name from the rashi the Sun is in at the new moon that begins it: Simha gives Bhadrapada. The Sun enters Kanya on 16 Sep, inside the month. The next new moon, 20 Sep, finds it in Kanya and begins Ashwina.

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 21 Aug, with the Sun in Simha, began Bhadrapada. This Shukla paksha reads Bhadrapada in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 28 Mar 2017, 03:57 Tue. Since then the Sun has moved 144.6° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2074; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1939.