Surat panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 19:01 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 12:40 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 15:47 – 17:21
- Durmuhurta 17:15 – 18:05
- Rahu Kalam 17:21 – 18:55
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:55 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:42 Moon enters Libra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:27
- Karana Bava until 15:56, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:42 Moon enters Libra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:15 – 18:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:21 – 18:55
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. 04:53 – 05:39
- 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 18:55 – 21:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:25 – 11:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 11:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:25 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:32 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:40 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:14 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:21 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:13 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:39 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:06 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:32 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:25 NowMars
- 13:25 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:25 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSaturn
- 01:25 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:23 Taurus
- 10:23 – 12:36 Gemini
- 12:36 – 14:51 Cancer
- 14:51 – 17:01 Leo
- 17:01 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:22 Libra
- 21:22 – 23:38 Scorpio
- 23:38 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 03:31 next day Capricorn
- 03:31 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:24 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