Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 26 Mar 1964

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 156°–168° is the 14th, Shukla Chaturdashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:53 here. Trayodashi ended at 06:32, before it. Chaturdashi ends at 06:27 Fri, when the lead reaches 168°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 14 Mar, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise.

New Delhi · IST

Sunrise here, 06:18, came before Trayodashi ended at 08:02: this day reads Trayodashi.

Sevan · UTC+4

Sunrise here, 06:53, came after Trayodashi ended at 06:32: this day reads Chaturdashi.

The night of Wed 25 Mar ran from sunset 19:17 Wed to sunrise 06:53, 11 h 36 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 46 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:53 to 19:18, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 33 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:18 to 06:52 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 26 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 2 at 136°40′. It leaves at 22:15, for Uttara Phalguni.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 342.1° + 138.3° = 480.4°, one full turn and 120.4°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 120°00′–133°20′ is the 10th, Ganda. It ends at 04:57 Fri, then Vriddhi.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Chaturdashi is Garaja and the second Vanija. Garaja runs until 18:27, when the lead reaches 162°; Vanija until 06:27 Fri.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:53 to 06:52 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 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 11.9° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2021; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1886.