Surat panchang, 31 December 2028
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 17:54 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:06
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:06 to 07:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:50 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 10:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:06
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. 05:31 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:38 – 09:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:59 – 11:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:20 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:03 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:42 – 02:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:20 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:59 – 05:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 07:17 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