Surat panchang, 18 November 2023
Sunrise 06:51 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 11:35 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:51 to 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:37 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:09
- 07:00 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:55 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:18
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:06 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 02:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:00 Moon enters Capricorn
- 09:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:00 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:09
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. 05:08 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:51 – 00:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:06 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:14 – 09:37 | Good |
| Rog | 09:37 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:23 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:52 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
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:48 Libra
- 06:48 – 09:04 Scorpio
- 09:04 – 11:09 Sagittarius
- 11:09 – 12:57 Capricorn
- 12:57 – 14:32 Aquarius
- 14:32 – 16:04 Pisces
- 16:04 – 17:46 Aries
- 17:46 – 19:45 Taurus
- 19:45 – 21:58 Gemini
- 21:58 – 00:13 next day Cancer
- 00:13 – 02:23 next day Leo
- 02:23 – 04:32 next day Virgo
- 04:32 – 06:45 next day Libra
- 06:45 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
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