Surat panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 00:52 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:57- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 12:38 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 15:47 – 17:22
- Durmuhurta 17:16 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam 17:22 – 18:57
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:57 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 05:41 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:10, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:16 – 18:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:22 – 18:57
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. 04:48 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 09:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:39 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:38 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:22 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:12 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:18 next day Aries
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