Surat panchang, 20 January 2028
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 01:50 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 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta 10:59 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:23 – 16:07
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:19 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:22 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 13:55
- Karana Gara until 12:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:55 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:09 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:59 – 11:43
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:55 – 16:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:23 – 16:07
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) 12:27 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:04 – 07:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:04 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Char | 11:27 – 12:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:49 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:34 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:34 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:12 – 00:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:49 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:26 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:02 Sagittarius
- 07:02 – 08:49 Capricorn
- 08:49 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:05 Cancer
- 20:05 – 22:15 Leo
- 22:15 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 06:58 next day Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 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