Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 14 Nov 1963

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 05:49 on Thu 14 Nov to 08:16 on Fri 15 Nov, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:16 Fri–01:12 Fri) 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, 07:44 here. Trayodashi ended at 05:49, before it. Chaturdashi ends at 08:16 Fri, when the lead reaches 348°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 1 Nov, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise. Chaturdashi began at 05:49, before sunrise at 07:44, and ends at 08:16 Fri, after the next sunrise at 07:45 Fri. Both days read Chaturdashi: it is a vriddhi tithi here.

A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise.

New Delhi · IST

Sunrise here, 06:42, came before Trayodashi ended at 07:19: this day reads Trayodashi.

Sevan · UTC+4

Sunrise here, 07:44, came after Trayodashi ended at 05:49: this day reads Chaturdashi.

The night of Wed 13 Nov ran from sunset 17:45 Wed to sunrise 07:44, 13 h 59 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 55 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 07:44 to 17:44, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 15 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 17:44 to 07:45 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 45 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′. Chitra spans 173°20′–186°40′; the Moon entered its pada 4 at 183°20′. It leaves at 11:58, for Swati.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 207.7° + 184.6° = 392.3°, one full turn and 32.3°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 26°40′–40°00′ is the 3rd, Ayushmana. It ends at 22:07, then Saubhagya.

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 19:01, when the lead reaches 342°; Shakuni until 08:16 Fri.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 07:44 to 07:45 Fri, so the hours after midnight still belong to Guruwara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 17 Oct 16:42 Thu to 16 Nov 10:50 Sat the Sun stayed in Tula, entering Vrishchika at 16 Nov 14:39 Sat, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Kartika, before Kartika 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 16 Nov, with the Sun in Tula, begins Kartika (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Kartika (Adhik) here, and Kartika (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 25 Mar 1963, 16:09 Mon. Since then the Sun has moved 226.9° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2020; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1885.