Surat panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 23:32 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:04 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:48
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:07 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 06:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:15 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:59
- Karana Vishti until 13:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 06:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:48
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 01:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:42 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:04 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:15 Virgo
- 06:15 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:43 Scorpio
- 10:43 – 12:49 Sagittarius
- 12:49 – 14:36 Capricorn
- 14:36 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:37 Gemini
- 23:37 – 01:52 next day Cancer
- 01:52 – 04:02 next day Leo
- 04:02 – 06:11 next day Virgo
- 06:11 – 06:38 next day Libra
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