Surat panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 07:01 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 21:54 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:01 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:28 – 13:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:51 – 14:18
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:41 to 07:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:51 – 14:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 05:22 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:28 – 13:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:01 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 12:51 | Good |
| Rog | 12:51 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:13 – 21:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:46 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:00 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
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 06:16 Capricorn
- 06:16 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 09:23 Pisces
- 09:23 – 11:05 Aries
- 11:05 – 13:04 Taurus
- 13:04 – 15:17 Gemini
- 15:17 – 17:32 Cancer
- 17:32 – 19:42 Leo
- 19:42 – 21:51 Virgo
- 21:51 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 06:12 next day Capricorn
- 06:12 – 07:00 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