Surat panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 14:50 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:41 – 14:14
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:53 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:14
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:14 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:25 – 21:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:41 – 04:58 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. 04:56 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 21:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:35 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:41 | Good |
| Rog | 12:41 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:20 – 18:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:14 | Good |
| Char | 23:14 – 00:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:41 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:34 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:58 Pisces
- 06:58 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:52 Gemini
- 12:52 – 15:06 Cancer
- 15:06 – 17:16 Leo
- 17:16 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:53 Scorpio
- 23:53 – 01:59 next day Sagittarius
- 01:59 – 03:47 next day Capricorn
- 03:47 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:28 next day Pisces
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