Surat panchang, 9 January 2028
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 15:18 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 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 12:45 – 14:07
- Gulika Kalam 15:28 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:12
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:12 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:06 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 07:49
- Karana Balava until 17:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:45 – 14:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:12
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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:06 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:40 – 10:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:02 – 11:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:23 – 12:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:45 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:07 – 15:28 | Good |
| Rog | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:28 | Good |
| Char | 21:28 – 23:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:07 – 00:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:45 – 02:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:24 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:19 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 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:28 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 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