Surat panchang, 18 May 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 14:51 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:52
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:23 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:09 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 00:23 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 10:24
- Karana Gara until 11:23, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:24 – 11:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:52
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 00:23 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:23 – 06:00 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. 04:33 – 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 – 21:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 00:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Char | 12:35 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:31 – 19:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:09 – 20:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:31 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:52 – 23:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:13 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:35 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:00 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:50 Aries
- 05:50 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:27 Leo
- 14:27 – 16:36 Virgo
- 16:36 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 21:04 Scorpio
- 21:04 – 23:10 Sagittarius
- 23:10 – 00:58 next day Capricorn
- 00:58 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 05:46 next day Aries
- 05:46 – 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