Surat panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 07:16 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:58- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:52 – 11:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:16
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:58 to 07:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 04:23 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 06:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:16
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. 05:24 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:09 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:31 – 09:52 | Good |
| Rog | 09:52 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:13 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Char | 12:34 – 13:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:55 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:58 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:34 – 02:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:30 next day Leo
- 00:30 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 07:07 next day Scorpio
- 07:07 – 07:10 next day Sagittarius
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