Surat panchang, 22 October 2023
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 13:38 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 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:08
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:08 to 06:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:52
- Karana Vishti until 08:59, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:08
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:52 – 23:52
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 18:08 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:37 – 18:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:44 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:38 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 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 08:35 Libra
- 08:35 – 10:50 Scorpio
- 10:50 – 12:55 Sagittarius
- 12:55 – 14:43 Capricorn
- 14:43 – 16:18 Aquarius
- 16:18 – 17:50 Pisces
- 17:50 – 19:32 Aries
- 19:32 – 21:31 Taurus
- 21:31 – 23:44 Gemini
- 23:44 – 01:59 next day Cancer
- 01:59 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 06:18 next day Virgo
- 06:18 – 06:38 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