Surat panchang, 20 November 2023
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 13:10 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:42
- 10:07 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:19 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 06:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:26 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:34
- Karana Vishti until 16:19, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:07 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:19 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:26 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:07 – 16:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:34 – 00:10 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. 05:09 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:39 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:16 – 06:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:41 Libra
- 06:41 – 08:56 Scorpio
- 08:56 – 11:01 Sagittarius
- 11:01 – 12:49 Capricorn
- 12:49 – 14:24 Aquarius
- 14:24 – 15:56 Pisces
- 15:56 – 17:38 Aries
- 17:38 – 19:37 Taurus
- 19:37 – 21:50 Gemini
- 21:50 – 00:05 next day Cancer
- 00:05 – 02:15 next day Leo
- 02:15 – 04:24 next day Virgo
- 04:24 – 06:37 next day Libra
- 06:37 – 06:53 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