Surat panchang, 5 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 01:16 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 18:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:28 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam 11:22 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:48
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:48
- 11:01 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:09 to 07:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 23:46
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:47 next day
- Karana Taitila until 11:01, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 23:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 23:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:28 – 10:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:48
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) 12:22 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:18 – 08:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:22 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:43 – 14:05 | Good |
| Rog | 14:05 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:09 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 23:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:05 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:43 – 02:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:39 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:00 Sagittarius
- 08:00 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 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