Surat panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 22:00 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:02
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:06
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:06 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:56
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:36 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 03:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:06
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. 05:31 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:37 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:20 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:02 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 23:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:02 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:16 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 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