Surat panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 22:53 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 18:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta 09:21 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam 11:15 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:39
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:00 to 07:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:47 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:21 – 10:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:39
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:12 – 03:47 next day
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. 05:26 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:49 – 07:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:47 – 07:12 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:47 – 07:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:47 – 07:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:12 – 08:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:33 – 09:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:54 – 11:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:15 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:36 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Char | 16:39 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:39 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:36 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:15 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:12 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