Surat panchang, 31 January 2024
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 23:09 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:28 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:15
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:26 to 07:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 11:36
- Nakshatra Hasta until 01:07 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:40
- Karana Taitila until 11:36, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 11:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:40 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:28 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:15
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 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 21:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:17 – 01:07 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:07 – 07:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:28 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:15 – 15:39 | Bad |
| Char | 15:39 – 17:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:03 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 20:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:03 – 21:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:39 – 23:15 | Good |
| Char | 23:15 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:28 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:06 Capricorn
- 08:06 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:13 Pisces
- 11:13 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:54 Taurus
- 14:54 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:22 Cancer
- 19:22 – 21:32 Leo
- 21:32 – 23:41 Virgo
- 23:41 – 01:54 next day Libra
- 01:54 – 04:09 next day Scorpio
- 04:09 – 06:14 next day Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 07:17 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