Surat panchang, 12 December 2023
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 06:21 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:17 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 09:49 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 12:32 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:35
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:57 to 07:07 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 05:02 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:51
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:47, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:17 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:51 – 20:51
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. 05:21 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:07 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:28 – 09:49 | Bad |
| Char | 09:49 – 11:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:10 – 12:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:32 – 13:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:53 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:53 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:32 – 02:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:11 – 03:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:50 – 05:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:07 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
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:07 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:29 Scorpio
- 07:29 – 09:35 Sagittarius
- 09:35 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:57 Aquarius
- 12:57 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:12 Aries
- 16:12 – 18:11 Taurus
- 18:11 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:38 Cancer
- 22:38 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:10 next day Libra
- 05:10 – 07:07 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