Surat panchang, 28 August 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 00:52 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:14
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:57 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 19:11
- Karana Vanija until 13:22, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:14
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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:14 | Good |
| Char | 23:14 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:36 Cancer
- 05:36 – 07:46 Leo
- 07:46 – 09:55 Virgo
- 09:55 – 12:08 Libra
- 12:08 – 14:23 Scorpio
- 14:23 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 23:05 Aries
- 23:05 – 01:04 next day Taurus
- 01:04 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 05:32 next day Cancer
- 05:32 – 06:22 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