Surat panchang, 10 April 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 07:22 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:13
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:55 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:32
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:05 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:37
- Karana Balava until 06:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:13
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 03:05 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. 04:52 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:55 – 21:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 17:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 06:23 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:05 – 06:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:05 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:21 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:39 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:38 Pisces
- 06:38 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:47 Cancer
- 14:47 – 16:57 Leo
- 16:57 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 21:18 Libra
- 21:18 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:39 next day Sagittarius
- 01:39 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:23 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