Surat panchang, 12 April 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 08:57 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 11:05 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:47 – 17:21
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:12 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:56 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:12
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:12, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:21
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. 04:51 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:50 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 11:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:05 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:39 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Char | 17:21 – 18:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:56 – 20:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:21 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:13 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:39 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:11 Taurus
- 10:11 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 16:49 Leo
- 16:49 – 18:58 Virgo
- 18:58 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:22 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