Surat panchang, 21 October 2023
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 12:44 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:16
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:54 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:36 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:42, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:36 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:38 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:16
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 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:03 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:37 next day | Good |
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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:26 Virgo
- 06:26 – 08:39 Libra
- 08:39 – 10:54 Scorpio
- 10:54 – 12:59 Sagittarius
- 12:59 – 14:47 Capricorn
- 14:47 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 17:54 Pisces
- 17:54 – 19:36 Aries
- 19:36 – 21:35 Taurus
- 21:35 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:22 next day Virgo
- 06:22 – 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