Surat panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 05:55 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 19:05- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:57 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:12
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
19:05 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:40
- Karana Naga until 08:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 13:33
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. 04:36 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:05 – 21:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:33 – 06:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:33 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:57 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:28 – 19:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:28 – 21:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:50 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:29 Taurus
- 08:29 – 10:42 Gemini
- 10:42 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 15:06 Leo
- 15:06 – 17:15 Virgo
- 17:15 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:49 Sagittarius
- 23:49 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:04 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