Surat panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 08:11 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:59- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 12:34 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 17:59
Night
17:59 to 07:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:57 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:52 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 17:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:30 – 12:35
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) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:57 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:10 – 08:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:31 – 09:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:52 – 11:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:13 – 12:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:34 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:12 Sagittarius
- 09:12 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 20:01 Gemini
- 20:01 – 22:16 Cancer
- 22:16 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 07:03 next day Scorpio
- 07:03 – 07:11 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