Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 24 Mar 1964

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Tue 24 Mar only, at 06:57: Tue 24 Mar. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 08:48 Mon, before it (05:21–06:57).

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, 06:57 here. Dashami ended at 08:48 Mon, before it. Ekadashi ends at 07:44, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 14 Mar, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Mon 23 Mar ran from sunset 19:15 Mon to sunrise 06:57, 11 h 42 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 46 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:57 to 19:16, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 32 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:16 to 06:55 Wed, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 27 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′. Ashlesha spans 106°40′–120°00′; the Moon entered its pada 2 at 110°. It leaves at 21:43, for Magha.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 340.2° + 111.7° = 451.9°, one full turn and 91.9°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 80°00′–93°20′ is the 7th, Sukarma. It ends at 09:20, then Dhriti.

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 ended at 20:14 Mon, when the lead reached 126°; Vishti runs until 07:44.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:57 to 06:55 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 14 Mar 06:13 Sat to 12 Apr 16:37 Sun the Sun stayed in Meena, entering Mesha at 13 Apr 10:22 Mon, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Chaitra, before Chaitra 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 Meena, began Chaitra (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Chaitra (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 14 Mar 1964, 06:13 Sat. Since then the Sun has moved 10° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2021; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1886.