Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 12 Jun 1904

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 02:56 on Sun 12 Jun to 01:49 on Mon 13 Jun, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:39–00:15 Mon) falls within it. No text giving Masik Shivratri’s time was found; nishitha is Tithika’s convention.

Masik Shivratri: every date in Sevan

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, 04:28 here. Trayodashi ended at 02:58, before it. Chaturdashi ends at 01:51 Mon, when the lead reaches 348°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 29 May, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise.

New Delhi · IST

Sunrise here, 05:13, came before Trayodashi ended at 05:19: this day reads Trayodashi. Chaturdashi ends at 04:12 Mon, before the next sunrise, so no day here reads Chaturdashi: it is kshaya.

Sevan · UTC+3

Sunrise here, 04:28, came after Trayodashi ended at 02:58: this day reads Chaturdashi.

The night of Sat 11 Jun ran from sunset 19:29 Sat to sunrise 04:28, 8 h 59 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 35 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 04:28 to 19:30, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 52 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:30 to 04:28 Mon, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 7 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 3 at 33°20′. It leaves at 13:35, for Rohini.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 58.1° + 34.9° = 93°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 80°00′–93°20′ is the 7th, Sukarma. It ends at 05:01, then Dhriti.

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 14:29, when the lead reaches 342°; Shakuni until 01:51 Mon.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 04:28 to 04:28 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 15 May 13:57 Sun to 14 Jun 00:10 Tue the Sun stayed in Vrishabha, entering Mithuna at 14 Jun 03:50 Tue, 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 14 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 1904, 08:39 Thu. Since then the Sun has moved 84.4° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 1961; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1826.