Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 18 May 1999

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 36°–48° is the 4th, Shukla Chaturthi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:41 here. Tritiya ended at 05:59, before it. Chaturthi ends at 03:05 Wed, when the lead reaches 48°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 15 May, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise.

New Delhi · IST

Sunrise here, 05:29, came before Tritiya ended at 06:29: this day reads Tritiya. Chaturthi ends at 03:35 Wed, before the next sunrise, so no day here reads Chaturthi: it is kshaya.

Sevan · UTC+5

Sunrise here, 06:41, came after Tritiya ended at 05:59: this day reads Chaturthi.

The night of Mon 17 May ran from sunset 21:10 Mon to sunrise 06:41, 9 h 31 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 38 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:41 to 21:11, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 48 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 21:11 to 06:40 Wed, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 11 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′. Ardra spans 66°40′–80°00′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 66°40′. It leaves at 00:18 Wed, for Punarvasu.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 32.9° + 69.3° = 102.2°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 93°20′–106°40′ is the 8th, Dhriti. It ends at 13:38, then Shula.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Chaturthi is Vanija and the second Vishti. Vanija runs until 16:27, when the lead reaches 42°; Vishti until 03:05 Wed.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:41 to 06:40 Wed, so the hours after midnight still belong to Mangalawara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 15 May 17:05 Sat to 14 Jun 00:02 Mon the Sun stayed in Vrishabha, entering Mithuna at 15 Jun 14:08 Tue, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Jyeshtha, before Jyeshtha 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 15 May, with the Sun in Vrishabha, began Jyeshtha (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Jyeshtha (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 17 Mar 1999, 22:47 Wed. Since then the Sun has moved 60° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2056; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1921.