Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 27 Jun 1996

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Thu 27 Jun only, at 05:31: Thu 27 Jun. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 21:31 Wed, before it (03:55–05:31).

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, 05:31 here. Dashami ended at 21:31 Wed, before it. Ekadashi ends at 20:06, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 16 Jun, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Wed 26 Jun ran from sunset 20:34 Wed to sunrise 05:31, 8 h 57 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 35 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 05:31 to 20:34, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 52 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 20:34 to 05:31 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 7 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′. Swati spans 186°40′–200°00′; the Moon entered its pada 3 at 193°20′. It leaves at 12:23, for Vishakha.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 71.9° + 196.1° = 268°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 266°40′–280°00′ is the 21st, Siddha. It ends at 01:03 Fri, then Sadhya.

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 08:55, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 20:06.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 05:31 to 05:31 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 16 Jun 05:35 Sun to 15 Jul 20:14 Mon the Sun stayed in Mithuna, entering Karka at 16 Jul 05:40 Tue, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Ashadha, before Ashadha 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 Jun, with the Sun in Mithuna, began Ashadha (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Ashadha (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 19 Mar 1996, 14:44 Tue. Since then the Sun has moved 96.6° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2053; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1918.