Surat panchang, 16 January 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 22:53 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 12:48 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam 15:32 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:16
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:16 to 07:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:27
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:48
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 14:46 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:48 – 14:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:16
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:48 – 01:12 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. 05:35 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:41 – 10:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:03 – 11:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:26 – 12:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:48 – 14:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:10 – 15:32 | Good |
| Rog | 15:32 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:32 | Good |
| Char | 21:32 – 23:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:10 – 00:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:48 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:26 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:03 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:41 – 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
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:12 Pisces
- 12:12 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:53 Taurus
- 15:53 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:31 Leo
- 22:31 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:13 next day Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 07:19 next day Capricorn
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