Panchang in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sun 11 Jun 1961

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 09:43 on Sun 11 Jun to 10:01 on Mon 12 Jun, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:07 Mon–00:50 Mon) falls within it. No text giving Masik Shivratri’s time was found; nishitha is Tithika’s convention.

Masik Shivratri: every date in Pāthardi

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 324°–336° is the 28th, Krishna Trayodashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 05:50 here. Dwadashi ended at 09:49 Sat, before it. Trayodashi ends at 09:43, when the lead reaches 336°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 30 May, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Sat 10 Jun ran from sunset 19:06 Sat to sunrise 05:50, 10 h 44 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 42 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 05:50 to 19:06, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 39 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:06 to 05:50 Mon, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 20 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′. Krittika spans 26°40′–40°00′; the Moon entered its pada 2 at 30°. It leaves at 23:22, for Rohini.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 56.5° + 30.6° = 87.1°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 80°00′–93°20′ is the 7th, Sukarma. It ends at 16:35, then Dhriti.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Trayodashi is Garaja and the second Vanija. Garaja ended at 21:43 Sat, when the lead reached 330°; Vanija runs until 09:43.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 05:50 to 05:50 Mon, so the hours after midnight still belong to Raviwara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 14 May 22:24 Sun to 13 Jun 10:46 Tue the Sun stayed in Vrishabha, entering Mithuna at 14 Jun 20:59 Wed, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Jyeshtha, before Jyeshtha 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 13 Jun, with the Sun in Vrishabha, begins Jyeshtha (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Jyeshtha (Adhik) here, and Jyeshtha (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 17 Mar 1961, 00:20 Fri. Since then the Sun has moved 83.9° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2018; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1883.