Surat panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 19:19 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 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 09:57 – 11:18
- Durmuhurta 10:51 – 11:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam 14:01 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 15:54
Night
18:04 to 07:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 19:19, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:51 – 11:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 next day
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:15 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 07:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:36 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:57 – 11:18 | Bad |
| Char | 11:18 – 12:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:40 – 14:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:01 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:01 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:40 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:19 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 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