Surat panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 13:38 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 14:13
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:57 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:13
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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. 04:48 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:18 next day Aries
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