Surat panchang, 14 August 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 14:32 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 19:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:19
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
19:08 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 16:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:24, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:05 – 14:58 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. 04:48 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:22
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 12:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 12:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:19 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:08 – 20:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:32 – 21:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:55 – 23:19 | Good |
| Char | 23:19 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:31 Cancer
- 06:31 – 08:41 Leo
- 08:41 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 13:03 Libra
- 13:03 – 15:18 Scorpio
- 15:18 – 17:24 Sagittarius
- 17:24 – 19:12 Capricorn
- 19:12 – 20:46 Aquarius
- 20:46 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 00:00 next day Aries
- 00:00 – 01:59 next day Taurus
- 01:59 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 06:18 next day Cancer
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