Surat panchang, 25 October 2023
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 15:52 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:48
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:06 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 12:32
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:16
- Karana Vishti until 12:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 12:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:57 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:54 – 12:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:48
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 13:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:32 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:39 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:10 Virgo
- 06:10 – 08:23 Libra
- 08:23 – 10:38 Scorpio
- 10:38 – 12:44 Sagittarius
- 12:44 – 14:31 Capricorn
- 14:31 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:20 Aries
- 19:20 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:32 Gemini
- 23:32 – 01:47 next day Cancer
- 01:47 – 03:57 next day Leo
- 03:57 – 06:06 next day Virgo
- 06:06 – 06:39 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