Surat panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 22:00 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 14:13
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:57 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:13
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:19 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:03 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:57 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:19 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 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:09 Gemini
- 12:09 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:34 Leo
- 16:34 – 18:43 Virgo
- 18:43 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 06:12 next day Pisces
- 06:12 – 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