Surat panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:53 Moonrise 22:50 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 11:08 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 13:06 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam 14:14 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:24
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:53 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:53 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:56 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:25
- Karana Balava until 14:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:06 – 13:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:25 – 16:16 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:24
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. 04:55 – 05:42
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:34 – 11:08 | Good |
| Rog | 11:08 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:41 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Char | 14:14 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:20 – 18:53 | Good |
| Char | 18:53 – 20:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:20 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:14 – 00:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:40 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:07 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:34 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:23 Aquarius
- 05:23 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:50 Gemini
- 12:50 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 17:14 Leo
- 17:14 – 19:23 Virgo
- 19:23 – 21:36 Libra
- 21:36 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:57 next day Sagittarius
- 01:57 – 03:45 next day Capricorn
- 03:45 – 05:19 next day Aquarius
- 05:19 – 06:27 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