Surat panchang, 18 April 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 23:50 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:48 – 17:22
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:57 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:07
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 01:03 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:07, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:07 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:03 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:49 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 08:21
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. 04:47 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 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 17:07 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:38 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:22 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:37 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 09:48 Taurus
- 09:48 – 12:01 Gemini
- 12:01 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 18:35 Virgo
- 18:35 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 06:04 next day Pisces
- 06:04 – 06:17 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