Surat panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 07:25 Margashirsha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:28 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 13:53
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:57 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:28 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:53
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 05:22 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:28 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:11 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:50 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:08 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 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:25 Scorpio
- 07:25 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:07 Taurus
- 18:07 – 20:20 Gemini
- 20:20 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:53 next day Virgo
- 02:53 – 05:06 next day Libra
- 05:06 – 07:08 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