Surat panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 02:13 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 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 12:38 – 14:13
- Rahu Kalam 15:48 – 17:23
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:58 to 06:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:31
- Karana Gara until 13:37, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:11 – 06:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:49 – 06:05 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. 04:47 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 11:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:03 – 12:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:38 – 14:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:13 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:23 | Good |
| Rog | 17:23 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:22 – 21:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:47 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:37 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:02 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:48 Aries
- 07:48 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:25 Leo
- 16:25 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:08 next day Sagittarius
- 01:08 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 06:17 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