Surat panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 22:12 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:13
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:56 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:12
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 07:12 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:13
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. 04:51 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:21 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:04 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:22 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