Surat panchang, 24 December 2028
Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 12:32 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:14 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:00
- Yamaganda 12:38 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:02
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:02 to 07:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:01 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:02
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 16:19 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. 05:28 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:14 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:04 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:35 – 09:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:56 – 11:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:17 – 12:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:38 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:38 – 02:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:17 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:14 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
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
- 06:08 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:45 Sagittarius
- 08:45 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 07:14 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