Surat panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:36 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:04 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:26 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta 09:14 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam 11:08 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:34
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:55 to 07:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:14 – 09:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:34
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. 05:19 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:04 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:04 – 08:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:26 – 09:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:47 – 11:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:08 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:30 – 13:51 | Good |
| Rog | 13:51 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:30 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:47 – 05:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:26 – 07:05 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
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:19 – 05:30 Libra
- 05:30 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 09:51 Sagittarius
- 09:51 – 11:38 Capricorn
- 11:38 – 13:13 Aquarius
- 13:13 – 14:46 Pisces
- 14:46 – 16:27 Aries
- 16:27 – 18:26 Taurus
- 18:26 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 22:54 Cancer
- 22:54 – 01:04 next day Leo
- 01:04 – 03:13 next day Virgo
- 03:13 – 05:26 next day Libra
- 05:26 – 07:05 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