Surat panchang, 7 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 03:03 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 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 12:44 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:10
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:10 to 07:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 04:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:50, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:09 – 08:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:44 – 14:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:10
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 22:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:09 – 22:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:08 – 07:18 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. 05:33 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 10:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:01 – 11:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:23 – 12:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:44 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:06 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 23:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:06 – 00:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:44 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:23 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:40 – 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
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:48 Pisces
- 12:48 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 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