Surat panchang, 2 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 23:38 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:10
- Yamaganda 09:59 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 12:42 – 14:03
- Rahu Kalam 15:25 – 16:46
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:07 to 07:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:11
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:32 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:11, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:11 – 18:28
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 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:42 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:38 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Char | 09:59 – 11:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:21 – 12:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:42 – 14:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:03 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:25 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:42 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:21 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 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