Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 14 Jul 2072

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 03:40 on Thu 14 Jul to 01:00 on Fri 15 Jul, so it touches only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:47 Fri–01:24 Fri). No text giving Masik Shivratri’s time was found; nishitha is Tithika’s convention.

Masik Shivratri: every date in Sevan

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 336°–348° is the 29th, Krishna Chaturdashi. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 05:42 here. Trayodashi ended at 03:40, before it. Chaturdashi ends at 01:00 Fri, when the lead reaches 348°. The lead passed 180° at the full moon of 30 Jun, so the Moon is waning: Krishna paksha.

The night of Wed 13 Jul ran from sunset 20:30 Wed to sunrise 05:42, 9 h 12 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 36 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 05:42 to 20:29, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 50 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 20:29 to 05:42 Fri, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 9 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 4 at 63°20′. It leaves at 08:52, for Ardra.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 87.6° + 64.8° = 152.4°. The sum, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, gives the yoga: 146°40′–160°00′ is the 12th, Dhruva. It ends at 17:33, then Vyaghata.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Chaturdashi is Vishti and the second Shakuni. Vishti runs until 14:24, when the lead reaches 342°; Shakuni until 01:00 Fri.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 05:42 to 05:42 Fri, so the hours after midnight still belong to Guruwara.

A month normally holds one sankranti, the Sun's entry into a new rashi. From 16 Jun 13:58 Thu to 15 Jul 21:56 Fri the Sun stayed in Mithuna, entering Karka at 16 Jul 17:05 Sat, after the new moon. A month with no sankranti is Adhika Ashadha, before Ashadha 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 15 Jul, with the Sun in Mithuna, begins Ashadha (Adhik). Until then this Krishna paksha reads Ashadha (Adhik) here, and Ashadha (Adhik) in the amanta count.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 20 Mar 2072, 00:22 Sun. Since then the Sun has moved 112.4° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2129; Shaka Samvat numbers it 1994.