Surat panchang, 16 October 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 04:27 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:51 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:53
- 07:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:45 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:12 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:11 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 13:49
- Karana Vanija until 15:45, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:49 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:11 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:51 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:53
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:24 – 13:51 | Bad |
| Char | 13:51 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 08:55 Libra
- 08:55 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:16 Sagittarius
- 13:16 – 15:04 Capricorn
- 15:04 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 18:11 Pisces
- 18:11 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:20 next day Cancer
- 02:20 – 04:30 next day Leo
- 04:30 – 06:36 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