Surat panchang, 22 December 2023
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 14:19 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 18:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:22 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:15 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:40
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:01 to 07:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 07:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:17
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 11:10
- Karana Gara until 08:17, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 07:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:22 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:40
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. 05:27 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:12 – 21:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 21:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:17 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:33 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:15 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:37 – 13:58 | Good |
| Rog | 13:58 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:58 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:37 – 02:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:16 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:55 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:13 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:31 Taurus
- 17:31 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:46 next day Scorpio
- 06:46 – 07:13 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