Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 16 Feb 1926

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, 06:53 here. Tritiya ended at 09:47 Mon, before it. Chaturthi ends at 07:06, when the lead reaches 48°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 12 Feb, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise. Panchami began at 07:06 and ended at 05:05 Wed, between the sunrises of 06:53 and 06:52 Wed. Tuesday reads Chaturthi and Wednesday reads Shashthi: Panchami is a kshaya tithi here.

The night of Mon 15 Feb ran from sunset 17:34 Mon to sunrise 06:53, 13 h 19 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 53 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:53 to 17:35, 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 night here, 17:35 to 06:52 Wed, 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 fixed stars divide the Moon's path into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′, each in 4 padas of 3°20′. Revati spans 346°40′–360°00′; the Moon entered its pada 2 at 350°. It leaves at 20:46, for Ashwini.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 303.9° + 351.8° = 655.7°, one full turn and 295.7°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 293°20′–306°40′ is the 23rd, Shubha. It ends at 00:14 Wed, 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 20:22 Mon, when the lead reached 42°; Vishti runs until 07:06.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:53 to 06:52 Wed, so the hours after midnight still belong to Mangalawara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 12 Feb 20:20 Fri to 14 Mar 06:20 Sun the Sun stayed in Kumbha, entering Meena at 14 Mar 06:53 Sun, 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 12 Feb, with the Sun in Kumbha, began Phalguna (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Phalguna (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 24 Mar 1925, 17:02 Tue. Since then the Sun has moved 323.3° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 1982; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1847.