Surat panchang, 9 December 2023
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 03:27 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 07:48 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:48 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:52 – 15:13
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:56 to 07:05 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 07:13 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:36
- Karana Kaulava until 18:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:36 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:48 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:48 – 11:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:13
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:36 – 02:00 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:05 – 10:43
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. 05:20 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:43 – 07:05 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 07:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:26 – 09:48 | Good |
| Rog | 09:48 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:09 – 12:30 | Bad |
| Char | 12:30 – 13:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:52 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:34 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:09 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:48 – 05:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:27 – 07:05 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
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:26 Libra
- 05:26 – 07:41 Scorpio
- 07:41 – 09:47 Sagittarius
- 09:47 – 11:35 Capricorn
- 11:35 – 13:09 Aquarius
- 13:09 – 14:42 Pisces
- 14:42 – 16:23 Aries
- 16:23 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 01:00 next day Leo
- 01:00 – 03:09 next day Virgo
- 03:09 – 05:22 next day Libra
- 05:22 – 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