Surat panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 03:35 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:55 to 18:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:24 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:21 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:49 – 14:18
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:44 to 06:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:17 – 06:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 04:14 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:32
- Karana Bava until 17:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:08 – 11:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:24 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 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. 05:18 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:14 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:24 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:21 – 12:49 | Good |
| Rog | 12:49 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:44 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:15 – 21:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:46 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:49 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:20 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:23 – 06:55 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
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:18 – 05:49 Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:23 Aquarius
- 07:23 – 08:56 Pisces
- 08:56 – 10:37 Aries
- 10:37 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:49 Gemini
- 14:49 – 17:04 Cancer
- 17:04 – 19:14 Leo
- 19:14 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:36 Libra
- 23:36 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:57 next day Sagittarius
- 03:57 – 05:45 next day Capricorn
- 05:45 – 06:55 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