Surat panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 02:55 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:12
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:59 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:51
- Karana Vishti until 16:43, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 16:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:14 – 12:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:38 – 15:36
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. 04:44 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Char | 15:48 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:23 – 21:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:48 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:48 Pisces
- 05:48 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:42 Gemini
- 11:42 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:06 Leo
- 16:06 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:28 Libra
- 20:28 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:49 next day Sagittarius
- 00:49 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:12 next day Aquarius
- 04:12 – 05:44 next day Pisces
- 05:44 – 06:13 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