Surat panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 12:23 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 19:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:13
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:08 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:41
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:01 – 07:37
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. 04:34 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:30 – 21:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:51 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:02 Aries
- 06:02 – 08:01 Taurus
- 08:01 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 12:29 Cancer
- 12:29 – 14:39 Leo
- 14:39 – 16:48 Virgo
- 16:48 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:22 Sagittarius
- 23:22 – 01:09 next day Capricorn
- 01:09 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:58 next day Aries
- 05:58 – 06:01 next day Taurus
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