Surat panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 03:26 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:25
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:56 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:09 – 03:12 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. 04:51 – 05:36
- 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 18:56 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:39 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 18:56 | Good |
| Char | 18:56 – 20:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:21 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:13 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:04 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:28 Pisces
- 06:28 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:22 Gemini
- 12:22 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 21:09 Libra
- 21:09 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:17 next day Capricorn
- 03:17 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:21 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