Surat panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 16:32 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 09:56
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:53
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:02 to 07:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 04:21 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:48, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:53
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 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 21:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:14 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:39 – 07:14 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:39 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:56 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:38 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:17 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:35 – 07:14 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:38 Scorpio
- 06:38 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:34 next day Scorpio
- 06:34 – 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