Surat panchang, 17 April 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 01:35 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 11:03 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:25
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:57 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:13 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:31 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 14:00
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 – 05:33
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:13 – 06:18 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:00 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 11:03 | Good |
| Rog | 11:03 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:38 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
| Char | 18:57 – 20:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:22 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:37 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:29 Leo
- 16:29 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:12 next day Sagittarius
- 01:12 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 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