Surat panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 08:59 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 11:14 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:50
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:59 to 07:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:53 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 06:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 05:27 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:11 – 01:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:35 – 07:11 next day
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. 05:25 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:32 – 09:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:53 – 11:14 | Good |
| Rog | 11:14 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:32 – 07:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:31 next day Virgo
- 02:31 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:59 next day Scorpio
- 06:59 – 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