Surat panchang, 1 January 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 22:50 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 09:59
- Yamaganda 11:20 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 15:56
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:28 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:06 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:36 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:35 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:36 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 14:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 09:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 15:56
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:59 – 11:20 | Good |
| Rog | 11:20 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:41 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:42 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:20 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:38 – 07:17 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:53 Aries
- 14:53 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 07:17 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