Surat panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 00:27 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:00 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta 10:54 – 11:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam 14:04 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:15 – 15:58
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:08 to 07:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:46 next day Moon enters Libra
- 06:48 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:54 – 11:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:15 – 15:58
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 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:00 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Char | 11:21 – 12:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:43 – 14:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:04 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:04 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:43 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:22 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:18 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
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:17 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:59 Scorpio
- 05:59 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:52 Capricorn
- 09:52 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:41 Aries
- 14:41 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:55 next day Scorpio
- 05:55 – 07:18 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