Panchang in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 22 Mar 2086

The Moon gains on the Sun about 12° a day. Each 12° of lead is one tithi: 84°–96° is the 8th, Shukla Ashtami. A day takes the tithi in force at its sunrise, 06:59 here. Saptami ended at 19:09 Thu, before it. Ashtami ends at 19:37, when the lead reaches 96°. The lead passed 0° at the new moon of 15 Mar, so the Moon is waxing: Shukla paksha.

The night of Thu 21 Mar ran from sunset 19:13 Thu to sunrise 06:59, 11 h 46 m. Cut into 15 muhurtas of 47 m, its 14th is Brahma Muhurta, the one before the last.

Daylight here, 06:59 to 19:14, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 31 m. Their names follow a fixed order that starts from the weekday, and each name is counted good, neutral or bad.

The night here, 19:14 to 06:58 Sat, splits into 8 choghadiyas of 1 h 28 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′. Ardra spans 66°40′–80°00′; the Moon entered its pada 1 at 66°40′. It leaves at 08:14 Sat, for Punarvasu.

Add the Sun's and the Moon's places among the stars: 336.9° + 66.8° = 403.7°, one full turn and 43.7°. Past the turn, cut into 27 parts of 13°20′, it gives the yoga: 40°00′–53°20′ is the 4th, Saubhagya. It ends at 00:02 Sat, then Shobhana.

A karana is half a tithi: 6° of the Moon's lead, so the first half of Ashtami is Vishti and the second Bava. Vishti runs until 07:17, when the lead reaches 90°; Bava until 19:37.

A Hindu day runs from one sunrise to the next, not midnight to midnight. This one runs 06:59 to 06:58 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 12:05 Fri to 13 Apr 20:54 Sat the Sun stayed in Meena, entering Mesha at 14 Apr 17:05 Sun, 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 15 Mar, with the Sun in Meena, began Chaitra (Adhik). This Shukla paksha reads Chaitra (Adhik) in both counts.

A samvat year begins with Chaitra, the month whose new moon finds the Sun in Meena: 15 Mar 2086, 12:05 Fri. Since then the Sun has moved 6.8° round the stars. Vikram Samvat numbers that year 2143; Shaka Samvat numbers it 2008.