Surat panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 06:53 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 22:19 Kartika month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:53 to 17:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:46
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:54 to 06:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 13:08
- Karana Taitila until 16:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:46
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. 05:09 – 06:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:54 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:39 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:54 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
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:38 Libra
- 06:38 – 08:53 Scorpio
- 08:53 – 10:58 Sagittarius
- 10:58 – 12:46 Capricorn
- 12:46 – 14:21 Aquarius
- 14:21 – 15:53 Pisces
- 15:53 – 17:35 Aries
- 17:35 – 19:34 Taurus
- 19:34 – 21:47 Gemini
- 21:47 – 00:02 next day Cancer
- 00:02 – 02:12 next day Leo
- 02:12 – 04:21 next day Virgo
- 04:21 – 06:34 next day Libra
- 06:34 – 06:54 next day Scorpio
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