Surat panchang, 9 April 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:54 Moonrise 00:35 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:33 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:35 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam 14:14 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:25
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:54 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:54 – 21:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:20
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 17:58
- Karana Vishti until 08:13, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:33 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:35 – 11:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:14 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:25
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. 04:53 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 06:25 – 08:48
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:33 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:40 – 14:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:14 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 18:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:21 – 21:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:47 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:13 – 00:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:40 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:32 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:12 Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:25 Taurus
- 10:25 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 17:03 Leo
- 17:03 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:40 Scorpio
- 23:40 – 01:45 next day Sagittarius
- 01:45 – 03:33 next day Capricorn
- 03:33 – 05:08 next day Aquarius
- 05:08 – 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