Surat panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 12:20 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 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:11 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:06
- 09:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:18 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:45
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:58 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 14:47
- Karana Vishti until 09:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:07 – 03:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:06
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. 05:35 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 02:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:58 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Char | 11:26 – 12:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:48 – 14:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:11 – 15:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:33 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:33 – 23:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:11 – 00:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:48 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:45 Taurus
- 15:45 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:23 Leo
- 22:23 – 00:32 next day Virgo
- 00:32 – 02:45 next day Libra
- 02:45 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:05 next day Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 07:19 next day Capricorn
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