Surat panchang, 15 November 2023
Sunrise 06:49 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 08:36 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:49 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:46
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 06:50 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:00 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:07
- Karana Kaulava until 13:47, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:07 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:00 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:00 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:46
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. 05:06 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:49 – 13:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:00 – 06:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:49 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:50 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
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 07:00 Libra
- 07:00 – 09:15 Scorpio
- 09:15 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:09 Capricorn
- 13:09 – 14:44 Aquarius
- 14:44 – 16:16 Pisces
- 16:16 – 17:58 Aries
- 17:58 – 19:57 Taurus
- 19:57 – 22:10 Gemini
- 22:10 – 00:24 next day Cancer
- 00:24 – 02:35 next day Leo
- 02:35 – 04:43 next day Virgo
- 04:43 – 06:50 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