Surat, Gujarat, India · Sunday, 28 Jun 2026

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

05:59

Sunset

19:24

Moonrise

18:18

Moonset

04:15

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Chaturdashi then Purnima	03:06 29 Jun 2026	Rikta (empty) Classically avoided for beginnings; used for clearing, demolition and ending things deliberately.
Nakshatra	Jyeshtha then Mula	01:09 29 Jun 2026	The eldest. Read as seniority, protection of dependants, and the burden that comes with rank.
Yoga	Shubha then Shukla	13:29	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Gara then Vanija · until 03:06 (29 Jun 2026) then Vishti	13:55	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Sunday	—	Ruled by the Sun. Favoured for matters of authority and health.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 05:59
Sunset 19:24

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	05:59	—
Sunset	19:24	—
Rahu kaal	17:43	19:24	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	16:03	17:43	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	12:41	14:22	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	12:15	13:08	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:34	05:17	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:55	05:59	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:56	15:49	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	19:24	19:45	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	19:24	20:27	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	00:20	01:03 29 Jun 2026	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	17:37	18:30	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	15:15	17:03	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 13 h 24 min
Night length (ratrimana): 10 h 35 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:41
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: West

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Scorpio · until 01:09 (29 Jun 2026)
then Sagittarius
Sun sign: Gemini
Nakshatra pada: Jyeshtha pada 2 · until 11:40
Jyeshtha pada 3 · until 18:24
Jyeshtha pada 4 · until 01:09 (29 Jun 2026)
Mula pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Ardra pada 2
Anandadi yoga: Kana · until 01:09 (29 Jun 2026)
then Siddhi
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083
Gujarati samvat: 2082 Pingala
Ritu (by lunar month): Grishma
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Varsha
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 01:09 (29 Jun 2026)
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): North

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	To	What the texts say
Ravi yoga	05:59	01:09 29 Jun 2026	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	03:06 29 Jun 2026	05:59 29 Jun 2026	The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here. in the underworld
Ganda moola	Whole day		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Udveg	05:59	07:40	avoid government work only
Chal	07:40	09:20	neutral travel and movement
Labh	09:20	11:01	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	11:01	12:41	best anything at all
Kaal	12:41	14:22	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	14:22	16:03	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	16:03	17:43	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	17:43	19:24	avoid government work only

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Shubh	19:24	20:43	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	20:43	22:03	best anything at all
Chal	22:03	23:22	neutral travel and movement
Rog	23:22	00:42	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	00:42	02:01	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	02:01	03:20	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	03:20	04:40	avoid government work only
Shubh	04:40	05:59	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Labham	05:59	07:40	good gain, new work
Dhanam	07:40	09:20	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	09:20	11:01	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	11:01	12:41	best anything auspicious
Uthi	12:41	14:22	neutral ordinary work
Soram	14:22	16:03	avoid nothing new
Rogam	16:03	17:43	avoid medicine only
Visham	17:43	19:24	avoid nothing new

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Sun	05:59	07:06	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
2	Venus	07:06	08:13	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
3	Mercury	08:13	09:20	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
4	Moon	09:20	10:27	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
5	Saturn	10:27	11:34	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
6	Jupiter	11:34	12:41	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
7	Mars	12:41	13:48	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
8	Sun	13:48	14:56	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
9	Venus	14:56	16:03	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
10	Mercury	16:03	17:10	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
11	Moon	17:10	18:17	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
12	Saturn	18:17	19:24	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
13 night	Jupiter	19:24	20:17	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
14 night	Mars	20:17	21:10	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
15 night	Sun	21:10	22:03	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
16 night	Venus	22:03	22:56	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
17 night	Mercury	22:56	23:49	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
18 night	Moon	23:49	00:42	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
19 night	Saturn	00:42	01:35	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
20 night	Jupiter	01:35	02:27	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
21 night	Mars	02:27	03:20	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
22 night	Sun	03:20	04:13	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
23 night	Venus	04:13	05:06	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
24 night	Mercury	05:06	05:59	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent

Festivals and observances

Nothing marked on this date.