Surat panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 12:58 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:15 – 09:46
- Yamaganda 11:16 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 13:10 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:17 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:23
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:48 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:36
- Karana Balava until 10:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:10 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:23
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. 05:09 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:10 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:15 – 09:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:46 – 11:16 | Good |
| Rog | 11:16 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:46 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:17 – 18:48 | Good |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:17 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:16 – 00:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:46 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:15 – 03:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:45 – 05:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:14 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:36 Aquarius
- 06:36 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:36 Virgo
- 20:36 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 01:04 next day Scorpio
- 01:04 – 03:10 next day Sagittarius
- 03:10 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:32 next day Aquarius
- 06:32 – 06:44 next day Pisces
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