Surat panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 12:18 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:22 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:05
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:09 to 07:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Bava until 19:50, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:05
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:18 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 07:18 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. 05:32 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 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 02:31 – 07:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:39 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:22 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 23:05 | Good |
| Char | 23:05 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:18 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
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:12 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)
- 05:32 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 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