Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Mon 24 Apr 1972

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Mon 24 Apr only, at 06:08: Mon 24 Apr. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 06:17 Sun, before it (04:32–06:08).

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, 06:08 here. Dashami ended at 06:17 Sun, before it. Ekadashi ends at 07:52, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 14 Apr, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Sun 23 Apr ran from sunset 19:47 Sun to sunrise 06:08, 10 h 21 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 41 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:08 to 19:48, 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, 19:48 to 06:07 Tue, 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 3 at 140°. It leaves at 15:56, for Uttara Phalguni.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 10.5° + 141.7° = 152.2°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 146°40′–160°00′ is the 12th, Dhruva. It ends at 20:21, then Vyaghata.

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 19:02 Sun, when the lead reached 126°; Vishti runs until 07:52.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:08 to 06:07 Tue, so the hours after midnight still belong to Somawara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 14 Apr 00:30 Fri to 13 May 08:08 Sat the Sun stayed in Mesha, entering Vrishabha at 14 May 08:26 Sun, 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 14 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 1972, 15:34 Wed. Since then the Sun has moved 39° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2029; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1894.