Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 27 Aug 1993

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 27 Aug only, at 06:22: Fri 27 Aug. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 00:40, before it (04:46–06:22).

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, 06:22 here. Dashami ended at 00:40, before it. Ekadashi ends at 01:04 Sat, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 17 Aug, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Thu 26 Aug ran from sunset 19:41 Thu to sunrise 06:22, 10 h 41 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 42 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:22 to 19:40, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 39 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:40 to 06:23 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 20 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′. Mula spans 240°00′–253°20′; the Moon entered its pada 4 at 250°. It leaves at 07:11, for Purva Ashadha.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 130.1° + 252.9° = 383°, one full turn and 23°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 13°20′–26°40′ is the 2nd, Priti. It ends at 12:50, then Ayushmana.

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 12:48, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 01:04 Sat.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:22 to 06:23 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 17 Aug 23:28 Tue to 16 Sep 07:10 Thu the Sun stayed in Simha, entering Kanya at 16 Sep 19:28 Thu, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Bhadrapada, before Bhadrapada 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 17 Aug, with the Sun in Simha, began Bhadrapada (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Bhadrapada (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 23 Mar 1993, 10:14 Tue. Since then the Sun has moved 151.2° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2050; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1915.