Surat panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 03:51 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:59- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:48 – 17:23
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:59 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:28
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:23
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. 04:45 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:37 – 14:12 | Good |
| Rog | 14:12 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Char | 17:23 – 18:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:23 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:48 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:37 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:49 Gemini
- 11:49 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 20:35 Libra
- 20:35 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 00:56 next day Sagittarius
- 00:56 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 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