Surat panchang, 18 November 2028
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 08:34 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:52 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 07:36 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam 09:38 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:09
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:36 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:55 to 06:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 06:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:04 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 14:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:20
- Karana Kaulava until 14:36, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 14:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:04 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:04 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 22:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:57 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:36 – 08:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:38 – 11:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:09
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. 05:08 – 06:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:04 – 06:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:15 – 09:38 | Good |
| Rog | 09:38 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:00 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Char | 12:23 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:38 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:52 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
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:46 Libra
- 06:46 – 09:01 Scorpio
- 09:01 – 11:06 Sagittarius
- 11:06 – 12:54 Capricorn
- 12:54 – 14:29 Aquarius
- 14:29 – 16:01 Pisces
- 16:01 – 17:43 Aries
- 17:43 – 19:42 Taurus
- 19:42 – 21:55 Gemini
- 21:55 – 00:10 next day Cancer
- 00:10 – 02:20 next day Leo
- 02:20 – 04:29 next day Virgo
- 04:29 – 06:42 next day Libra
- 06:42 – 06:52 next day Scorpio
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