Surat panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 13:42 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:54 – 11:15
- Durmuhurta 10:48 – 11:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:51
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:00 to 07:12 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:54 – 11:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:48 – 11:31
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:51
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. 05:26 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 07:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:33 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:54 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Char | 11:15 – 12:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:36 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:36 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:15 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:47 Capricorn
- 10:47 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:50 next day Scorpio
- 06:50 – 07:12 next day Sagittarius
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