Surat panchang, 20 October 2023
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 11:45 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:03 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:32
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:43
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:09 to 06:37 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Mula until 20:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 03:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:08 – 07:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:43
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:03 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:37 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 10:58 Scorpio
- 10:58 – 13:03 Sagittarius
- 13:03 – 14:51 Capricorn
- 14:51 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:40 Aries
- 19:40 – 21:39 Taurus
- 21:39 – 23:52 Gemini
- 23:52 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 06:26 next day Virgo
- 06:26 – 06:37 next day Libra
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method