Surat panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 02:09 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam 11:17 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 13:59
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:03 to 07:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:29 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 09:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 13:59
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. 05:28 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 09:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:56 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:17 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:18 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:57 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 07:14 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