Surat panchang, 21 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 14:28 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 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 12:49 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 15:35 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:20
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:20 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:27
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:52 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 09:46
- Karana Vanija until 07:24, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:20
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) 12:27 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:56
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:42 – 10:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:04 – 11:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:27 – 12:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:49 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:35 | Good |
| Rog | 15:35 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:35 | Good |
| Char | 21:35 – 23:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:12 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:49 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:27 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:45 Capricorn
- 08:45 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 13:34 Aries
- 13:34 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:46 Gemini
- 17:46 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 22:11 Leo
- 22:11 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:33 next day Libra
- 02:33 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 06:54 next day Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 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