Surat panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:55 Moonrise 02:48 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 12:39 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 15:47 – 17:21
- Durmuhurta 17:15 – 18:05
- Rahu Kalam 17:21 – 18:55
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:55 to 06:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:55 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:15
- Karana Vanija until 13:03, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:15 – 18:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:21 – 18:55
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. 04:51 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:55 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:31 – 11:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:05 – 12:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:39 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:21 – 18:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:21 – 21:47 | Good |
| Char | 21:47 – 23:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:13 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:39 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:05 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:56 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:00 Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:32 Pisces
- 06:32 – 08:14 Aries
- 08:14 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:13 Libra
- 21:13 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:21 next day Capricorn
- 03:21 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:22 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