👶 Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Grandparents in India will ask for the baby's Nakshatra straight away. Get it right for a birth in Ahmedabad, with the starting syllables and name ideas, in English or Hindi.
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The Moon moves through one Nakshatra in about a day, and through one pada in about six hours, so the birth time matters. Enter the time on the birth record exactly as written; in Ahmedabad that is India Standard Time (UTC+5:30), the same as India (IST). Below you can see the Nakshatra in Ahmedabad right now and its syllables.
At sunrise today in Ahmedabad the Moon is in Mrigashira, pada 4. Names for a baby born in this Nakshatra traditionally start with: Ve, Vo, Ka, Ki (one syllable for each of the four padas).
| Day (Vara) | Shukravar (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Tithi at sunrise | Krishna Panchami until Fri 30 Oct, 7:25 PM |
| Nakshatra | Mrigashira (pada 4) until Fri 30 Oct, 9:04 AM |
| Sunrise / Sunset | 6:43 AM / 6:03 PM |
| Rahu Kaal (avoid) | 10:58 AM – 12:23 PM |
| Abhijit Muhurat (good) | 12:00 PM – 12:46 PM |
All times are Ahmedabad local time (India Standard Time, UTC+5:30). Calculated from Ahmedabad's own sunrise with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Start and end times are in Ahmedabad time. A vrat is usually kept on the day the Tithi is running at sunrise; your family or temple tradition may differ.
The length of the day decides the length of Rahu Kaal. In Ahmedabad the shortest day has about 10 h 43 min of daylight and the longest about 13 h 33 min (today: 11 h 20 min), which gives a Rahu Kaal of 80 to 102 minutes.
Sunrise in Ahmedabad today is 6:43 AM, 3 minutes later on the clock than in Surat (208 km away). Even nearby cities need their own Panchang.
Ahmedabad is on India Standard Time (UTC+5:30), the same as India (IST).
Ahmedabad does not use daylight saving time, so the clock stays the same all year. Enter birth times exactly as written on the birth certificate.
Ahmedabad is one of the last big Indian cities to see sunrise, so its Rahu Kaal and Choghadiya windows run later than in eastern India. Navratri garba, Uttarayan kite flying on Makar Sankranti and Diwali business new year (Bestu Varas) all follow the Vedic calendar, and traders often choose a Muhurat for opening new account books.
Yes. The Parent Blend tool suggests modern names that combine both parents' names.
No. Use the local time on the birth record and Ahmedabad as the birthplace. Zodastro converts it to work out the correct Nakshatra.
At sunrise today in Ahmedabad the Moon is in Mrigashira. It changes about once a day, and the page shows when it changes.
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