Surat panchang, 28 December 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 04:48 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 18:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:58 – 11:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:01 – 15:22
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 07:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 22:23
- Karana Gara until 15:04, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:58 – 11:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:23 – 00:47 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. 05:30 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:33 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:36 – 09:58 | Good |
| Rog | 09:58 – 11:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:19 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Char | 12:40 – 14:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:01 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 23:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:01 – 00:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:40 – 02:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:19 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:16 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
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:32 Cancer
- 21:32 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 07:16 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