Surat panchang, 14 December 2023
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 08:28 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:50 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta 10:44 – 11:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam 13:54 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:47
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:57 to 07:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 13:24
- Karana Balava until 14:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:44 – 11:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:47
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:29 – 09:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:50 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Char | 11:11 – 12:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:33 – 13:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:54 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:54 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:33 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:12 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:30 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:50 Aquarius
- 12:50 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 18:03 Taurus
- 18:03 – 20:16 Gemini
- 20:16 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:40 next day Leo
- 00:40 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 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