Surat panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 07:02 Bhadrapada month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:06 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 14:16 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:30
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:02 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:29
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 20:55
- Karana Bava until 12:29, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:30
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. 04:50 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:02 – 21:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:06 | Good |
| Rog | 11:06 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:41 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Char | 14:16 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:02 | Good |
| Char | 19:02 – 20:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:27 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:52 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:17 – 00:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:41 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:14 Leo
- 08:14 – 10:23 Virgo
- 10:23 – 12:36 Libra
- 12:36 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:56 Sagittarius
- 16:56 – 18:44 Capricorn
- 18:44 – 20:19 Aquarius
- 20:19 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 06:00 next day Cancer
- 06:00 – 06:20 next day Leo
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