Surat panchang, 22 January 2024
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:19 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:04
- Yamaganda 11:27 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:12
- Durmuhurta 13:12 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 14:12 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:08
- 07:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:20 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 08:46
- Karana Bava until 07:37, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:12 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:08
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) 12:28 – 13:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:56
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:19 – 04:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 04:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 12:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:50 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:35 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:12 – 00:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:50 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:27 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 06:54 Sagittarius
- 06:54 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 10:16 Aquarius
- 10:16 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:30 Aries
- 13:30 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:07 Leo
- 22:07 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:29 next day Libra
- 02:29 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:50 next day Sagittarius
- 06:50 – 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