Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 28 Aug 1936

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 28 Aug only, at 05:22: Fri 28 Aug. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 23:47 Thu, before it (03:46–05:22).

Padmini Ekadashi: every date in Sevan

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 120°–132° is the 11th, Shukla Ekadashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 05:22 here. Dashami ended at 23:47 Thu, before it. Ekadashi ends at 23:37, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 17 Aug, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Thu 27 Aug ran from sunset 18:40 Thu to sunrise 05:22, 10 h 42 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 42 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 05:22 to 18:38, 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, 18:38 to 05:23 Sat, 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′. Purva Ashadha spans 253°20′–266°40′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 253°20′. It leaves at 03:48 Sat, for Uttara Ashadha.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 131.6° + 254.4° = 386°, one full turn and 26°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 13°20′–26°40′ is the 2nd, Priti. It ends at 06:31, then Ayushmana.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Ekadashi is Vanija and the second Vishti. Vanija runs until 11:48, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 23:37.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 05:22 to 05:23 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 17 Aug 06:20 Mon to 15 Sep 20:41 Tue the Sun stayed in Simha, entering Kanya at 16 Sep 04:01 Wed, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Bhadrapada, before Bhadrapada 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 17 Aug, with the Sun in Simha, began Bhadrapada (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Bhadrapada (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 23 Mar 1936, 07:13 Mon. Since then the Sun has moved 152.2° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 1993; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1858.