Surat panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 21:55 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam 15:47 – 17:20
- Durmuhurta 17:14 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam 17:20 – 18:53
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:53 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:14 – 18:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:20 – 18:53
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 00:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:08 – 06:28 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. 04:56 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:53 – 21:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:35 – 11:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:08 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:14 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:20 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:14 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:07 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:28 next day | Good |
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
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:39 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:27 Aquarius
- 05:27 – 07:00 Pisces
- 07:00 – 08:41 Aries
- 08:41 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:53 Gemini
- 12:53 – 15:08 Cancer
- 15:08 – 17:18 Leo
- 17:18 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:40 Libra
- 21:40 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 02:01 next day Sagittarius
- 02:01 – 03:49 next day Capricorn
- 03:49 – 05:23 next day Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:28 next day Pisces
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