Surat panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 13:11 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 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:40 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam 11:23 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:45 – 14:07
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:12 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 20:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:26, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:29 – 07:19 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. 05:33 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:18 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:02 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:23 – 12:45 | Good |
| Rog | 12:45 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 23:07 | Good |
| Char | 23:07 – 00:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:45 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:23 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:40 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 22:59 Leo
- 22:59 – 01:08 next day Virgo
- 01:08 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:19 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