Surat panchang, 14 February 2024
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 10:17 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:36 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:18
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:34 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 21:05
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:43 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 19:58
- Karana Balava until 12:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:18
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:11 – 10:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 07:10 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:22 – 23:20
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. 05:30 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 21:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:43 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:43 | Bad |
| Char | 15:43 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:43 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:10 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
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 07:11 Capricorn
- 07:11 – 08:46 Aquarius
- 08:46 – 10:18 Pisces
- 10:18 – 12:00 Aries
- 12:00 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 18:27 Cancer
- 18:27 – 20:37 Leo
- 20:37 – 22:46 Virgo
- 22:46 – 00:59 next day Libra
- 00:59 – 03:14 next day Scorpio
- 03:14 – 05:19 next day Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:07 next day Capricorn
- 07:07 – 07:10 next day Aquarius
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