Surat panchang, 8 March 2024
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 05:22 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 18:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:23 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta 09:16 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:20 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:13
- Durmuhurta 13:13 – 14:00
- Yamaganda 15:47 – 17:15
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:44 to 06:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:44 – 21:10
- Brahma Muhurta 05:16 – 06:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 21:58
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 00:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:42, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:23 – 09:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:16 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:20 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:13 – 14:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:58 – 08:09 next day
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. 05:16 – 06:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 21:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:54 – 10:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:54 – 08:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:23 – 09:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:51 – 11:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:20 – 12:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:49 – 14:18 | Good |
| Rog | 14:18 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Char | 17:15 – 18:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:44 – 20:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:15 – 21:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:46 – 23:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:18 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:49 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:20 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:22 – 06:53 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
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:16 – 05:41 Capricorn
- 05:41 – 07:15 Aquarius
- 07:15 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 10:30 Aries
- 10:30 – 12:29 Taurus
- 12:29 – 14:42 Gemini
- 14:42 – 16:56 Cancer
- 16:56 – 19:06 Leo
- 19:06 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:37 next day Capricorn
- 05:37 – 06:53 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