Surat panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 07:14 Bhadrapada month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:10
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:50 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 21:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:02
- Karana Bava until 09:47, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:10
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. 04:51 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 21:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:47 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:10 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Char | 15:44 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:10 | Good |
| Char | 23:10 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:09 Cancer
- 05:09 – 07:19 Leo
- 07:19 – 09:27 Virgo
- 09:27 – 11:40 Libra
- 11:40 – 13:56 Scorpio
- 13:56 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:49 Capricorn
- 17:49 – 19:24 Aquarius
- 19:24 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 00:37 next day Taurus
- 00:37 – 02:50 next day Gemini
- 02:50 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 06:24 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