Surat panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:54 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:54- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:14
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:54 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Vanija until 19:02, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:54 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:54 – 21:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 06:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:33 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:21 – 18:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:20 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:33 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:16 Aquarius
- 05:16 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:29 Taurus
- 10:29 – 12:42 Gemini
- 12:42 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 19:15 Virgo
- 19:15 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:49 next day Sagittarius
- 01:49 – 03:37 next day Capricorn
- 03:37 – 05:12 next day Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:25 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