Surat panchang, 9 January 2024
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:05 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 18:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:29 – 10:13
- Yamaganda 10:02 – 11:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 12:45 – 14:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:28 – 16:50
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:12 to 07:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:11 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:25
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:11 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:22 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:17, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:11 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:11 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:29 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:50
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) 12:23 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 22:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:40 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Char | 10:02 – 11:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:23 – 12:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:45 – 14:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:07 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:12 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:28 – 23:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:07 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:45 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:24 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:19 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 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:07 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:19 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