Surat panchang, 29 October 2023
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 18:28 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:03
- 12:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:03 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 04:41 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:00
- Karana Balava until 12:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:00 – 17:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 04:41 next day
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. 04:59 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:03 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:28 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:54 Virgo
- 05:54 – 08:07 Libra
- 08:07 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:28 Sagittarius
- 12:28 – 14:16 Capricorn
- 14:16 – 15:50 Aquarius
- 15:50 – 17:23 Pisces
- 17:23 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:04 Taurus
- 21:04 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 01:31 next day Cancer
- 01:31 – 03:41 next day Leo
- 03:41 – 05:50 next day Virgo
- 05:50 – 06:41 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