Surat panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 04:37 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:04 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 14:13
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:56 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:25
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:13
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26 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. 04:49 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 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
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:04 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:22 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:13 | Good |
| Char | 23:13 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:03 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:20 Pisces
- 06:20 – 08:02 Aries
- 08:02 – 10:01 Taurus
- 10:01 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:09 next day Capricorn
- 03:09 – 04:44 next day Aquarius
- 04:44 – 06:16 next day Pisces
- 06:16 – 06:20 next day Aries
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