Surat panchang, 17 May 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 14:03 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 19:09- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:39 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:52 – 17:30
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
19:09 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:49
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:20
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:30
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. 04:33 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 19:09 – 21:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 21:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 21:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:39 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:30 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:52 – 23:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:13 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:53 Taurus
- 07:53 – 10:06 Gemini
- 10:06 – 12:21 Cancer
- 12:21 – 14:31 Leo
- 14:31 – 16:40 Virgo
- 16:40 – 18:53 Libra
- 18:53 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 01:02 next day Capricorn
- 01:02 – 02:36 next day Aquarius
- 02:36 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:50 next day Aries
- 05:50 – 06:00 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