Surat panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 17:55 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:58- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:55
- Yamaganda 12:33 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 17:58
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:58 to 07:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 02:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 17:58
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. 05:23 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:30 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:12 – 12:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:33 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:55 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:58 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:34 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:09 next day | Good |
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
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:23 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:15 Pisces
- 14:15 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:34 next day Leo
- 00:34 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 04:55 next day Libra
- 04:55 – 07:09 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