Surat panchang, 26 April 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 06:53 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 19:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:12
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:00 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:47 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:56 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 09:04
- Karana Balava until 13:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 09:04 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 13:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 13:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:12
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 06:56
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. 04:42 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:00 – 21:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:12 – 01:47 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 06:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:56 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 19:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:24 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:16 Taurus
- 09:16 – 11:29 Gemini
- 11:29 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 15:54 Leo
- 15:54 – 18:03 Virgo
- 18:03 – 20:16 Libra
- 20:16 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 06:11 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