Surat panchang, 10 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 06:09 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:24 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:45 – 14:07
- 09:22 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:12 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:52 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Mula until 19:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:17
- Karana Vishti until 09:22, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:22 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:17 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:52 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:17 – 00:53 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. 05:34 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:24 – 12:45 | Good |
| Rog | 12:45 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 23:07 | Good |
| Char | 23:07 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:24 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 05:35 Scorpio
- 05:35 – 07:41 Sagittarius
- 07:41 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:16 next day Libra
- 03:16 – 05:31 next day Scorpio
- 05:31 – 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