Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 6 Apr 2029

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 264°–276° is the 23rd, Krishna Ashtami. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:35 here. Saptami ended at 11:54 Thu, before it. Ashtami ends at 12:00, when the lead reaches 276°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 30 Mar, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Thu 5 Apr ran from sunset 19:28 Thu to sunrise 06:35, 11 h 7 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 44 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:35 to 19:29, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 36 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:29 to 06:33 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 23 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 Ashadha spans 253°20′–266°40′; the Moon entered its pada 4 at 263°20′. It leaves at 08:29, for Uttara Ashadha.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 352.3° + 265.7° = 618°, one full turn and 258°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 253°20′–266°40′ is the 20th, Shiva. It ends at 21:50, then Siddha.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Ashtami is Balava and the second Kaulava. Balava ended at 23:51 Thu, when the lead reached 270°; Kaulava runs until 12:00.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:35 to 06:33 Sat, so the hours after midnight still belong to Shukrawara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 15 Mar 08:19 Thu to 14 Apr 01:40 Sat the Sun stayed in Meena, entering Mesha at 14 Apr 02:24 Sat, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Chaitra, before Chaitra 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 14 Apr, with the Sun in Meena, begins Chaitra (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Chaitra (Adhik) here, and Chaitra (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 15 Mar 2029, 08:19 Thu. Since then the Sun has moved 21.7° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2086; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1951.