Surat panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:52 Moonrise 01:25 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:59 – 09:49
- Yamaganda 09:37 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 12:42 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:20
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:52 to 06:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:52 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:09
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 18:35
- Karana Balava until 08:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:29 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:59 – 09:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:37 – 11:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:20
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:48 – 06:30 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. 04:58 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:52 – 21:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:37 | Bad |
| Char | 09:37 – 11:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:09 – 12:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:42 – 14:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:14 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:20 | Good |
| Rog | 17:20 – 18:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:20 – 21:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:47 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:14 – 00:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:41 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:09 – 03:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:36 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:30 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:10 Pisces
- 07:10 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:50 Taurus
- 10:50 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:18 Cancer
- 15:18 – 17:28 Leo
- 17:28 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:50 Libra
- 21:50 – 00:05 next day Scorpio
- 00:05 – 02:11 next day Sagittarius
- 02:11 – 03:58 next day Capricorn
- 03:58 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:30 next day Pisces
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