Surat panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 06:36 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:50
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:10 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:00 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:50
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. 04:57 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:03 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:35 Virgo
- 06:35 – 08:48 Libra
- 08:48 – 11:03 Scorpio
- 11:03 – 13:08 Sagittarius
- 13:08 – 14:56 Capricorn
- 14:56 – 16:31 Aquarius
- 16:31 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:45 Aries
- 19:45 – 21:44 Taurus
- 21:44 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 02:12 next day Cancer
- 02:12 – 04:22 next day Leo
- 04:22 – 06:31 next day Virgo
- 06:31 – 06:36 next day Libra
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