Surat panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:08 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 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:38 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:04
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:08 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:04
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 05:32 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:17 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:04 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:21 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:39 – 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 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 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