Surat panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 10:20 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:58 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 13:57
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:00 to 07:12 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 13:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 07:12 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. 05:26 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:33 – 09:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:54 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:12 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
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:51 next day Scorpio
- 06:51 – 07:12 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