Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 8 Feb 2006

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Wed 8 Feb only, at 08:02: Wed 8 Feb. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 23:06 Tue, before it (06:26–08:02).

Jaya 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, 08:02 here. Dashami ended at 23:06 Tue, before it. Ekadashi ends at 00:19 Thu, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 29 Jan, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Tue 7 Feb ran from sunset 18:25 Tue to sunrise 08:02, 13 h 37 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 54 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 08:02 to 18:26, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 18 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 18:26 to 08:01 Thu, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 41 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 21:44, for Ardra.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 295.3° + 59.6° = 354.9°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 346°40′–360°00′ is the 27th, Vaidhriti. It ends at 17:09, then Vishkambha.

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 11:39, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 00:19 Thu.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 08:02 to 08:01 Thu, so the hours after midnight still belong to Budhawara.

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: Makara gives Magha. The Sun enters Kumbha on 12 Feb, inside the month. The next new moon, 28 Feb, finds it in Kumbha and begins Phalguna.

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 29 Jan, with the Sun in Makara, began Magha. This Shukla paksha reads Magha in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 9 Apr 2005, 01:32 Sat. Since then the Sun has moved 300.1° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2062; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1927.