Surat panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 09:28 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 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:30 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:18 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam 11:12 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:37
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:58 to 07:09 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 07:02 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:18 – 10:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:12 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:02 – 10:38 next day
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. 05:23 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 07:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:08 – 08:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:30 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:12 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:33 – 13:54 | Good |
| Rog | 13:54 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:54 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:33 – 02:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:12 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:30 – 07:09 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
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:18 Pisces
- 14:18 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 17:59 Taurus
- 17:59 – 20:12 Gemini
- 20:12 – 22:27 Cancer
- 22:27 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 04:58 next day Libra
- 04:58 – 07:09 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