Panchang in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Tue 3 Feb 1981

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 05:28 on Tue 3 Feb to 04:53 on Wed 4 Feb, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:17 Wed–01:08 Wed) 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: 336°–348° is the 29th, Krishna Chaturdashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 07:03 here. Trayodashi ended at 05:28, before it. Chaturdashi ends at 04:53 Wed, when the lead reaches 348°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 20 Jan, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Mon 2 Feb ran from sunset 18:22 Mon to sunrise 07:03, 12 h 41 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 50 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 07:03 to 18:23, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 25 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 18:23 to 07:02 Wed, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 34 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 Ashadha spans 266°40′–280°00′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 266°40′. It leaves at 05:49 Wed, for Shravana.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 290.5° + 267.4° = 557.9°, one full turn and 197.9°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 186°40′–200°00′ is the 15th, Vajra. It ends at 10:35, then Siddhi.

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 17:15, when the lead reaches 342°; Shakuni until 04:53 Wed.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 07:03 to 07:02 Wed, so the hours after midnight still belong to Mangalawara.

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: Dhanu gives Pausha. The Sun enters Makara on 14 Jan, inside the month. The next new moon, 5 Feb, finds it in Makara and begins Magha.

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 5 Feb, with the Sun in Makara, begins Magha. Until then this Krishna paksha reads Magha here, and Pausha in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 17 Mar 1980, 00:25 Mon. Since then the Sun has moved 317.7° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2037; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1902.