Surat panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 18:57 Bhadrapada month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:03
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:37 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:03
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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. 04:52 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:24 Leo
- 06:24 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 10:45 Libra
- 10:45 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:06 Sagittarius
- 15:06 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 18:29 Aquarius
- 18:29 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 21:43 Aries
- 21:43 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:55 next day Gemini
- 01:55 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 06:20 next day Leo
- 06:20 – 06:27 next day Virgo
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