Surat panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 18:35 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:35 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:30 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:18
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:35 to 07:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:18
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. 05:29 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:30 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 21:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:09 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:09 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:01 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Char | 15:44 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:10 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:35 – 07:09 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
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:03 Capricorn
- 07:03 – 08:38 Aquarius
- 08:38 – 10:10 Pisces
- 10:10 – 11:52 Aries
- 11:52 – 13:51 Taurus
- 13:51 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 18:19 Cancer
- 18:19 – 20:29 Leo
- 20:29 – 22:38 Virgo
- 22:38 – 00:51 next day Libra
- 00:51 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:12 next day Sagittarius
- 05:12 – 06:59 next day Capricorn
- 06:59 – 07:09 next day Aquarius
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