Surat panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 09:09 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 19:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:41 – 14:16
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:01 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:16
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:01 – 21:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:41 | Good |
| Rog | 12:41 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:16 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:26 – 19:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:26 – 21:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:51 – 23:16 | Good |
| Char | 23:16 – 00:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:41 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:56 Cancer
- 05:56 – 08:06 Leo
- 08:06 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:28 Libra
- 12:28 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:48 Sagittarius
- 16:48 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:24 next day Taurus
- 01:24 – 03:37 next day Gemini
- 03:37 – 05:52 next day Cancer
- 05:52 – 06:21 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