Surat panchang, 1 May 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 01:08 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 19:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:12
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:02 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:01 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 03:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 16:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:10 – 06:08 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. 04:40 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:02 – 21:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:08 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:26 – 19:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:02 – 20:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:26 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:58 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:08 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:15 Pisces
- 05:15 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:34 Leo
- 15:34 – 17:43 Virgo
- 17:43 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:08 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