Surat panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 01:40 Shravana 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 19:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:18
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
19:06 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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. 04:49 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:06 – 21:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:30 – 21:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:54 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:18 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 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:33 Leo
- 08:33 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:55 Libra
- 12:55 – 15:10 Scorpio
- 15:10 – 17:16 Sagittarius
- 17:16 – 19:04 Capricorn
- 19:04 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 22:11 Pisces
- 22:11 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:05 next day Gemini
- 04:05 – 06:18 next day Cancer
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