Surat panchang, 21 February 2024
Sunrise 07:06 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 16:00 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:06 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam 11:26 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:18
- 07:44 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:38 to 07:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:28
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:50
- Karana Balava until 11:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:44 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:18
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. 05:26 – 06:16
- 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 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:06 – 11:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 09:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:59 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:45 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:32 – 07:05 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
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:44 Capricorn
- 06:44 – 08:18 Aquarius
- 08:18 – 09:51 Pisces
- 09:51 – 11:32 Aries
- 11:32 – 13:31 Taurus
- 13:31 – 15:44 Gemini
- 15:44 – 17:59 Cancer
- 17:59 – 20:09 Leo
- 20:09 – 22:18 Virgo
- 22:18 – 00:31 next day Libra
- 00:31 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 04:52 next day Sagittarius
- 04:52 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
- 06:40 – 07:05 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