Surat panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 10:41 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:05 – 15:26
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:09 to 07:18 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:08
- Karana Bava until 10:51, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:26
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. 05:32 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:23 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:22 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:05 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:43 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:18 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
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:18 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