Surat panchang, 29 December 2024
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 05:46 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 12:40 – 14:02
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:05
- 15:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:05 to 07:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 23:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 21:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:16 – 23:22
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 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:22 – 07:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:22 – 07:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:37 – 09:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:58 – 11:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:19 – 12:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:40 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:02 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 23:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:02 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 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