Surat panchang, 8 April 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 17:58 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:33 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:14 – 15:47
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:54 to 06:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:14
- Karana Gara until 08:52, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:14 – 01:50 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 14:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:23 – 06:25 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. 04:54 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 14:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 19:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:33 | Good |
| Rog | 09:33 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:07 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Char | 12:40 – 14:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:14 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:21 – 18:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:21 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:47 – 23:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:13 – 00:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:40 – 02:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:06 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 17:05 Leo
- 17:05 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:42 Scorpio
- 23:42 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:25 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