Surat panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 14:59 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam 09:55 – 11:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 13:58 – 15:19
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:01 to 07:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:24 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Bava until 18:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:19
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 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:34 – 09:55 | Good |
| Rog | 09:55 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:16 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Char | 12:37 – 13:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:58 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:58 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:37 – 02:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:16 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:13 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
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 06:42 next day Scorpio
- 06:42 – 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