Surat panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 17:25 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 18:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:24 – 10:07
- Yamaganda 09:56 – 11:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 12:39 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam 15:21 – 16:42
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:03 to 07:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:03 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 03:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:24 – 10:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:56 – 11:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:42
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. 05:29 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:35 – 09:56 | Bad |
| Char | 09:56 – 11:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:17 – 12:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:39 – 14:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:00 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:21 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:21 – 23:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:00 – 00:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:39 – 02:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:18 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:15 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
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 07:15 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