Surat panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 18:13 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 12:45 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 15:47 – 17:18
- Durmuhurta 17:12 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam 17:18 – 18:50
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:20 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:50 to 06:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:55
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 20:33
- Karana Vanija until 09:55, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:55 – 14:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:12 – 18:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:18 – 18:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:46 – 01:02 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. 05:05 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 21:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 07:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:33 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:39 – 08:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:11 – 09:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:42 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:45 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:16 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:18 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:15 – 00:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:44 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:41 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:39 next day | Good |
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
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:49 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:39 NowMoon
- 10:39 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:39 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:39 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 15:53 Cancer
- 15:53 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:40 next day Scorpio
- 00:40 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 06:39 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