Surat panchang, 8 January 2029
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 01:00 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:02
- Yamaganda 11:23 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 14:07 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:01
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:12 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 04:00 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:36
- Karana Taitila until 16:56, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 04:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:23 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:18 – 17:43
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 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:02 – 11:23 | Good |
| Rog | 11:23 – 12:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:45 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 23:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:07 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:45 – 02:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:23 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:02 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:40 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
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 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 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