Surat panchang, 3 April 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 02:21 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:14
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:53 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 16:09
- Karana Taitila until 07:24, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:14
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. 04:57 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:20 – 18:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:14 | Good |
| Char | 23:14 – 00:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:41 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:33 Aquarius
- 05:33 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:47 Aries
- 08:47 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 12:59 Gemini
- 12:59 – 15:14 Cancer
- 15:14 – 17:24 Leo
- 17:24 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:07 next day Sagittarius
- 02:07 – 03:55 next day Capricorn
- 03:55 – 05:29 next day Aquarius
- 05:29 – 06:29 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