Surat panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 11:46 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:57- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:25
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:57 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:12
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:05 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:08
- Karana Vanija until 12:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:38 – 00:43 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. 04:49 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:38 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
| Char | 18:57 – 20:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:22 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:13 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:03 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 08:00 Aries
- 08:00 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:12 Gemini
- 12:12 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:14 next day Pisces
- 06:14 – 06:19 next day Aries
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