Surat panchang, 3 January 2028
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 11:14 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:00
- Yamaganda 11:21 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 14:04 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:14 – 15:58
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:08 to 07:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 16:12
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:15 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:33
- Karana Taitila until 16:12, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:34 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 16:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:15 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:42 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:14 – 15:58
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 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 22:15
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:38 – 10:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:00 – 11:21 | Good |
| Rog | 11:21 – 12:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:42 – 14:04 | Bad |
| Char | 14:04 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:25 – 23:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:04 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:43 – 02:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:21 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 07:17 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