Surat panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 07:03 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 00:58 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:03 to 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:50
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:55 to 07:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:18 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:50
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. 05:18 – 06:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 07:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:34 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:46 – 05:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:04 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
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:38 Libra
- 05:38 – 07:53 Scorpio
- 07:53 – 09:58 Sagittarius
- 09:58 – 11:46 Capricorn
- 11:46 – 13:21 Aquarius
- 13:21 – 14:53 Pisces
- 14:53 – 16:35 Aries
- 16:35 – 18:34 Taurus
- 18:34 – 20:47 Gemini
- 20:47 – 23:02 Cancer
- 23:02 – 01:12 next day Leo
- 01:12 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 05:34 next day Libra
- 05:34 – 07:04 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