Surat panchang, 24 December 2023
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 15:43 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 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 12:38 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:02
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:02 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:55 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 07:17
- Karana Kaulava until 18:07, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 05:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:55 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:02
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. 05:28 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:19 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:34 – 09:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:55 – 11:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:16 – 12:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:38 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:38 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:14 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 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:38 next day Scorpio
- 06:38 – 07:14 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