Surat panchang, 14 October 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 02:22 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 13:51 – 15:19
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:39 Moon enters Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:13 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 21:37
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:39 Moon enters Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:52 – 16:47
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. 04:56 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Char | 12:24 – 13:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:51 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:35 next day | Good |
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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:50 Virgo
- 06:50 – 09:03 Libra
- 09:03 – 11:18 Scorpio
- 11:18 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:12 Capricorn
- 15:12 – 16:47 Aquarius
- 16:47 – 18:19 Pisces
- 18:19 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 22:00 Taurus
- 22:00 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:27 next day Cancer
- 02:27 – 04:38 next day Leo
- 04:38 – 06:35 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