Surat panchang, 20 April 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 03:20 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:58- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:16 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta 10:30 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:26
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:58 to 06:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 18:47
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 08:35
- Karana Balava until 18:47, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 11:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:30 – 11:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:26
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. 04:46 – 05:31
- 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 – 21:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:16 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:51 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Char | 11:02 – 12:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:37 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:23 – 18:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:23 – 21:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:48 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:37 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:59 Pisces
- 05:59 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:53 Gemini
- 11:53 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:26 Virgo
- 18:26 – 20:39 Libra
- 20:39 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 01:00 next day Sagittarius
- 01:00 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 06:15 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