Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 27 Apr 2007

Smartas test Ekadashi at sunrise: it holds sunrise on Fri 27 Apr only, at 07:05: Fri 27 Apr. Vaishnavas test arunodaya: Dashami ended at 02:53, before it (05:29–07:05).

Mohini 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, 07:05 here. Dashami ended at 02:53, before it. Ekadashi ends at 05:09 Sat, when the lead reaches 132°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 17 Apr, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Thu 26 Apr ran from sunset 20:49 Thu to sunrise 07:05, 10 h 16 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 41 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 07:05 to 20:50, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 43 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 20:50 to 07:03 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 16 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′. Purva Phalguni spans 133°20′–146°40′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 133°20′. It leaves at 07:44 Sat, for Uttara Phalguni.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 12.5° + 134.4° = 146.9°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 146°40′–160°00′ is the 12th, Dhruva. It ends at 07:25 Sat, then Vyaghata.

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 15:59, when the lead reaches 126°; Vishti until 05:09 Sat.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 07:05 to 07:03 Sat, so the hours after midnight still belong to Shukrawara.

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: Mesha gives Vaishakha. The Sun enters Vrishabha on 15 May, inside the month. The next new moon, 17 May, finds it in Vrishabha and begins Jyeshtha.

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 17 Apr, with the Sun in Mesha, began Vaishakha. This Shukla paksha reads Vaishakha in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 19 Mar 2007, 06:42 Mon. Since then the Sun has moved 38.3° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2064; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1929.