Surat panchang, 23 April 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 04:56 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 12:37 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam 15:48 – 17:24
- Durmuhurta 17:17 – 18:08
- Rahu Kalam 17:24 – 18:59
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:42 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:59 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:21 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:23
- Karana Vishti until 11:42, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:42 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:06 – 10:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:56 – 11:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:17 – 18:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:24 – 18:59
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. 04:44 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:27 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:37 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:12 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 18:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:24 – 21:48 | Good |
| Char | 21:48 – 23:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:12 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:36 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:00 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:25 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:13 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