Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 1 Apr 2048

The Sankashti fast is broken at moonrise. Chaturthi runs from 21:08 on Wed 1 Apr to 18:11 on Thu 2 Apr, so it holds moonrise only on Wed 1 Apr, at 22:38. No text giving Sankashti Chaturthi’s time was found; moonrise is Tithika’s convention.

Sankashti Chaturthi: every date in Sevan

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 204°–216° is the 18th, Krishna Tritiya. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:43 here. Dwitiya ended at 00:12, before it. Tritiya ends at 21:08, when the lead reaches 216°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 30 Mar, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Tue 31 Mar ran from sunset 19:24 Tue to sunrise 06:43, 11 h 19 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 45 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:43 to 19:25, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 35 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:25 to 06:41 Thu, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 24 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′. Swati spans 186°40′–200°00′; the Moon entered its pada 3 at 193°20′. It leaves at 14:26, for Vishakha.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 347.5° + 195.3° = 542.8°, one full turn and 182.8°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 173°20′–186°40′ is the 14th, Harshana. It ends at 12:39, then Vajra.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Tritiya is Vanija and the second Vishti. Vanija runs until 10:40, when the lead reaches 210°; Vishti until 21:08.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:43 to 06:41 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 14 Mar 18:27 Sat to 13 Apr 09:19 Mon the Sun stayed in Meena, entering Mesha at 13 Apr 23:17 Mon, 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 13 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: 14 Mar 2048, 18:27 Sat. Since then the Sun has moved 17.3° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2105; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1970.