Surat panchang, 29 December 2023
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 20:15 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 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta 09:25 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam 11:19 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:22 – 16:43
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:05 to 07:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:00
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:09 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:28 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 09:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:25 – 10:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:19 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:28 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:15 – 03:09 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 07:16 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. 05:30 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:15 – 08:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:37 – 09:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:58 – 11:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:19 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:40 – 14:01 | Good |
| Rog | 14:01 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:22 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:22 – 23:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:01 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:40 – 02:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:19 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:16 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 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 07:16 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