Surat panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 18:58 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:31 – 09:52
- Yamaganda 11:13 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 13:55 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:49
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:58 to 07:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:49
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. 05:24 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:31 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:52 – 11:13 | Good |
| Rog | 11:13 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:34 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Char | 13:55 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:34 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:31 – 07:10 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:10 next day Sagittarius
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