Surat panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 18:21 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:18 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:00
Night
18:03 to 07:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 06:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:00
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 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:18 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 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