Surat panchang, 13 December 2028
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 04:09 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:29 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam 11:11 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 13:54
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:57 to 07:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:56
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:21
- Karana Taitila until 12:56, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:29 – 09:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:11 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:54
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. 05:22 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:08 – 12:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:29 – 09:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:50 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:11 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 13:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:54 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:54 | Good |
| Char | 22:54 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:12 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:08 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 12:51 Aquarius
- 12:51 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 07:08 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