Surat panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 20:26 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:41 – 14:16
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
19:03 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:00
- Karana Taitila until 06:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:16
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46 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. 04:50 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 17:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:41 | Good |
| Rog | 12:41 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:03 – 20:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:27 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:17 | Good |
| Char | 23:17 – 00:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:41 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:14 Leo
- 08:14 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 12:35 Libra
- 12:35 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:56 Sagittarius
- 16:56 – 18:44 Capricorn
- 18:44 – 20:19 Aquarius
- 20:19 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 06:00 next day Cancer
- 06:00 – 06:20 next day Leo
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