Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 1 Mar 1907

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 180°–192° is the 16th, Krishna Pratipada. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:36 here. Purnima ended at 09:22 Thu, before it. Pratipada ends at 09:12, when the lead reaches 192°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 28 Feb, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Thu 28 Feb ran from sunset 17:48 Thu to sunrise 06:36, 12 h 48 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 51 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:36 to 17:50, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 24 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 17:50 to 06:34 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 35 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 Phalguni spans 146°40′–160°00′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 146°40′. It leaves at 05:05 Sat, for Hasta.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 316.9° + 147.5° = 464.4°, one full turn and 104.4°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 93°20′–106°40′ is the 8th, Dhriti. It ends at 10:27, then Shula.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Pratipada is Balava and the second Kaulava. Balava ended at 21:21 Thu, when the lead reached 186°; Kaulava runs until 09:12.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:36 to 06:34 Sat, so the hours after midnight still belong to Shukrawara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 12 Feb 20:42 Tue to 14 Mar 09:04 Thu the Sun stayed in Kumbha, entering Meena at 14 Mar 09:59 Thu, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Phalguna, before Phalguna 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 Mar, with the Sun in Kumbha, begins Phalguna (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Phalguna (Adhik) here, and Phalguna (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 25 Mar 1906, 02:51 Sun. Since then the Sun has moved 336° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 1963; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1828.