Surat panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 08:10 Pausha 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 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta 09:30 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam 11:24 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:24 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 13:08 – 13:52
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 16:52
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:14 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 14:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:30 – 10:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:24 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:08 – 13:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 16:52
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:24 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:18 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:03 – 11:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:24 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:46 – 14:08 | Good |
| Rog | 14:08 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 23:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:08 – 00:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:46 – 02:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:24 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:03 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:41 – 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 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:33 Sagittarius
- 07:33 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:10 Aries
- 14:10 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:23 next day Scorpio
- 05:23 – 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