Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 11 Aug 2004

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Wed 11 Aug only, at 07:06: Wed 11 Aug. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 20:39 Tue, before it (05:30–07:06).

Parama Ekadashi: every date in Sevan

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 300°–312° is the 26th, Krishna Ekadashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 07:06 here. Dashami ended at 20:39 Tue, before it. Ekadashi ends at 23:08, when the lead reaches 312°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 31 Jul, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Tue 10 Aug ran from sunset 21:04 Tue to sunrise 07:06, 10 h 2 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 40 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 07:06 to 21:02, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 44 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 21:02 to 07:07 Thu, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 15 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′. Mrigashira spans 53°20′–66°40′; the Moon entered its pada 2 at 56°40′. It leaves at 21:31, for Ardra.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 114.8° + 59.6° = 174.4°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 173°20′–186°40′ is the 14th, Harshana. It ends at 06:07 Thu, then Vajra.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Ekadashi is Bava and the second Balava. Bava runs until 09:54, when the lead reaches 306°; Balava until 23:08.

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

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 17 Jul 16:23 Sat to 16 Aug 06:23 Mon the Sun stayed in Karka, entering Simha at 16 Aug 16:18 Mon, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Shravana, before Shravana 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 Aug, with the Sun in Karka, begins Shravana (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Shravana (Adhik) here, and Shravana (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 21 Mar 2004, 02:41 Sun. Since then the Sun has moved 138.1° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2061; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1926.