Surat panchang, 16 April 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 12:43 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:41
- Yamaganda 09:29 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 12:38 – 14:13
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:22
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:24
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:16
- Karana Bava until 13:24, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:22
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:16 – 01:16 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. 04:48 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 13:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:54 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Char | 09:29 – 11:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:03 – 12:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:38 – 14:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:22 | Good |
| Rog | 17:22 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:22 – 21:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:47 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:12 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:03 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:33 Leo
- 16:33 – 18:42 Virgo
- 18:42 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:16 next day Sagittarius
- 01:16 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:11 next day Pisces
- 06:11 – 06:18 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