Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 24 Apr 1953

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 24 Apr only, at 05:09: Fri 24 Apr. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 21:35 Thu, before it (03:33–05:09).

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, 05:09 here. Dashami ended at 21:35 Thu, before it. Ekadashi ends at 00:10 Sat, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 13 Apr, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Thu 23 Apr ran from sunset 18:46 Thu to sunrise 05:09, 10 h 23 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 41 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 05:09 to 18:47, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 42 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 18:47 to 05:07 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 17 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 Phalguni spans 133°20′–146°40′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 133°20′. It leaves at 07:15 Sat, for Uttara Phalguni.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 10.4° + 133.8° = 144.2°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 133°20′–146°40′ is the 11th, Vriddhi. It ends at 09:47, then Dhruva.

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 10:53, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 00:10 Sat.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 05:09 to 05:07 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 13 Apr 23:08 Mon to 13 May 08:05 Wed the Sun stayed in Mesha, entering Vrishabha at 14 May 10:41 Thu, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Vaishakha, before Vaishakha 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 13 Apr, with the Sun in Mesha, began Vaishakha (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Vaishakha (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 15 Mar 1953, 14:04 Sun. Since then the Sun has moved 39° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2010; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1875.