Surat panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 06:00 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 11:07 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:25
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:54 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:35, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 14:18 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. 04:54 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:33 – 11:07 | Good |
| Rog | 11:07 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:40 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 18:54 | Good |
| Char | 18:54 – 20:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:21 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:13 – 00:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:40 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:32 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:54 Cancer
- 14:54 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 19:13 Virgo
- 19:13 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:25 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