Panchang / Surat, Gujarat, India

Daily panchang

Surat, Gujarat, India · Wednesday, 05 Apr 2028

Chaitra, shukla · Tithi 10

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Dashami · until 07:46
Nakshatra: Ashlesha · until 21:41
Avoid starting new work: 12:41–14:14 · Rahu kaal

On Wednesdays the tradition does not use the Abhijit time, so no good midday time is listed for today.

All times are for Surat, Gujarat, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked 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.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

06:28

Sunset

18:54

Moonrise

14:49

Moonset

03:08

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Dashami then Ekadashi · until 04:58 (06 Apr 2028) then Dwadashi	07:46	Purna (full) Read as completion and fullness; favoured for marriage and travel.
Nakshatra	Ashlesha then Magha	21:41	The serpents' nakshatra. Read as penetrating perception, the ability to see what is concealed, and a capacity for strategy that the texts treat with respect rather than warmth.
Yoga	Dhriti then Shula	13:14	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Gara then Vanija · until 18:25 then Vishti · until 04:58 (06 Apr 2028) then Bava	07:46	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Wednesday	—	Ruled by Mercury. Favoured for study, trade and communication.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 06:28
Sunset 18:54

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	06:28	—
Sunset	18:54	—
Rahu kaal	12:41	14:14	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	11:08	12:41	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	08:01	09:34	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	12:16	13:06	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:55	05:41	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	05:18	06:28	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:45	15:35	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	18:54	19:17	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	18:54	20:04	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	00:17	01:04 06 Apr 2028	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	12:16	13:06	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	20:13	21:41	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.
Varjyam	11:22	12:51	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 12 h 26 min
Night length (ratrimana): 11 h 32 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:41
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): North

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Labh	06:28	08:01	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	08:01	09:34	best anything at all
Kaal	09:34	11:08	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	11:08	12:41	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	12:41	14:14	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	14:14	15:48	avoid government work only
Chal	15:48	17:21	neutral travel and movement
Labh	17:21	18:54	good trade, starting a business, gain

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Udveg	18:54	20:21	avoid government work only
Shubh	20:21	21:47	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	21:47	23:14	best anything at all
Chal	23:14	00:40	neutral travel and movement
Rog	00:40	02:07	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	02:07	03:34	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	03:34	05:00	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	05:00	06:27	avoid government work only

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Rogam	06:28	08:01	avoid medicine only
Visham	08:01	09:34	avoid nothing new
Labham	09:34	11:08	good gain, new work
Dhanam	11:08	12:41	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	12:41	14:14	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	14:14	15:48	best anything auspicious
Uthi	15:48	17:21	neutral ordinary work
Soram	17:21	18:54	avoid nothing new

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Cancer · until 21:41
then Leo
Sun sign: Pisces
Nakshatra pada: Ashlesha pada 2 · until 10:41
Ashlesha pada 3 · until 16:12
Ashlesha pada 4 · until 21:41
Magha pada 1 · until 03:09 (06 Apr 2028)
Magha pada 2
Sun's nakshatra: Revati pada 2
Anandadi yoga: Rakshasa · until 21:41
then Chara
Shaka samvat: 1950 Kilaka
Vikram samvat: 2085 Durmati
Gujarati samvat: 2084 Siddharthi
Ritu (by lunar month): Vasanta
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Vasanta
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 21:41
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South-west
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Durmati · until 17:02 (12 Apr 2028)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	06:28	21:41	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	18:25	04:58 06 Apr 2028	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. on earth
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.
Baana: Raja (the state)	18:09	06:27 06 Apr 2028	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for · until 21:41: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Sagittarius
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Gemini, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Capricorn
Tarabalam for · until 21:41: Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Bharani, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Pisces	05:25	06:58
Aries	06:58	08:40
Taurus	08:40	10:39
Gemini	10:39	12:52
Cancer	12:52	15:06
Leo	15:06	17:16
Virgo	17:16	19:25
Libra	19:25	21:38
Scorpio	21:38	23:53
Sagittarius	23:53	01:59 06 Apr 2028
Capricorn	01:59 06 Apr 2028	03:47 06 Apr 2028
Aquarius	03:47 06 Apr 2028	05:21 06 Apr 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Roga (illness)	06:28	06:58
Chora (theft)	06:58	07:46
Free of panchaka (good)	07:46	08:40
Roga (illness)	08:40	10:39
Free of panchaka (good)	10:39	12:52
Mrityu (danger)	12:52	15:06
Agni (fire)	15:06	17:16
Free of panchaka (good)	17:16	19:25
Raja (the state)	19:25	21:38
Free of panchaka (good)	21:38	21:41
Chora (theft)	21:41	23:53
Free of panchaka (good)	23:53	01:59 06 Apr 2028
Roga (illness)	01:59 06 Apr 2028	03:47 06 Apr 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	03:47 06 Apr 2028	04:58 06 Apr 2028
Mrityu (danger)	04:58 06 Apr 2028	05:21 06 Apr 2028
Agni (fire)	05:21 06 Apr 2028	06:27 06 Apr 2028

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Mercury	06:28	07:30	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
2	Moon	07:30	08:32	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
3	Saturn	08:32	09:34	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
4	Jupiter	09:34	10:36	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
5	Mars	10:36	11:39	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
6	Sun	11:39	12:41	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
7	Venus	12:41	13:43	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
8	Mercury	13:43	14:45	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
9	Moon	14:45	15:48	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
10	Saturn	15:48	16:50	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
11	Jupiter	16:50	17:52	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
12	Mars	17:52	18:54	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
13 night	Sun	18:54	19:52	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
14 night	Venus	19:52	20:50	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
15 night	Mercury	20:50	21:47	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
16 night	Moon	21:47	22:45	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
17 night	Saturn	22:45	23:43	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
18 night	Jupiter	23:43	00:40	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
19 night	Mars	00:40	01:38	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
20 night	Sun	01:38	02:36	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
21 night	Venus	02:36	03:34	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
22 night	Mercury	03:34	04:31	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
23 night	Moon	04:31	05:29	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
24 night	Saturn	05:29	06:27	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly

Festivals and fasts

Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)	Chaitra
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)	Chaitra
Paksha (bright or dark half)	shukla
Tithi	10

Ekadashi — a fast day, twice each lunar month (this tithi is not running at any sunrise this month, so it is shown on the day it falls)