Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 21 Nov 1996

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Thu 21 Nov only, at 07:53: Thu 21 Nov. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 12:37 Wed, before it (06:17–07:53).

Dev Uthani 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, 07:53 here. Dashami ended at 12:37 Wed, before it. Ekadashi ends at 11:10, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 11 Nov, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Wed 20 Nov ran from sunset 17:38 Wed to sunrise 07:53, 14 h 15 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 57 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 07:53 to 17:38, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 13 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 17:38 to 07:54 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 47 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′. Uttara Bhadrapada spans 333°20′–346°40′; the Moon entered its pada 4 at 343°20′. It leaves at 09:48, for Revati.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 215.3° + 345.6° = 560.9°, one full turn and 200.9°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 200°00′–213°20′ is the 16th, Siddhi. It ends at 04:14 Fri, then Vyatipata.

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 23:52 Wed, when the lead reached 126°; Vishti runs until 11:10.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 07:53 to 07:54 Fri, so the hours after midnight still belong to Guruwara.

An amanta month runs from new moon to new moon and takes its name from the rashi the Sun is in at the new moon that begins it: Tula gives Kartika. The Sun enters Vrishchika on 16 Nov, inside the month. The next new moon, 10 Dec, finds it in Vrishchika and begins Margashirsha.

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 11 Nov, with the Sun in Tula, began Kartika. This Shukla paksha reads Kartika 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 240° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2053; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1918.