Surat panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 07:53 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:31 – 14:02
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:31 – 14:02
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. 04:53 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:31 | Good |
| Rog | 12:31 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:02 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:16 Leo
- 06:16 – 08:25 Virgo
- 08:25 – 10:38 Libra
- 10:38 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:46 Capricorn
- 16:46 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 19:53 Pisces
- 19:53 – 21:35 Aries
- 21:35 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 04:02 next day Cancer
- 04:02 – 06:12 next day Leo
- 06:12 – 06:28 next day Virgo
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