Surat panchang, 23 February 2028
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 05:38 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 18:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam 11:25 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:18
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:39 to 07:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:39 – 21:08
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:44
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:58 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 10:44, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:05 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
- 01:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 07:17 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:58 – 07:04 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. 05:25 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 21:08
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:58 – 11:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:25 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:45 | Bad |
| Char | 15:45 – 17:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:12 – 18:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:39 – 20:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:12 – 21:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:45 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:25 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:04 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 08:10 Aquarius
- 08:10 – 09:43 Pisces
- 09:43 – 11:25 Aries
- 11:25 – 13:24 Taurus
- 13:24 – 15:37 Gemini
- 15:37 – 17:51 Cancer
- 17:51 – 20:01 Leo
- 20:01 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 00:23 next day Libra
- 00:23 – 02:38 next day Scorpio
- 02:38 – 04:44 next day Sagittarius
- 04:44 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 07:04 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