Surat panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:58 Moonrise 09:19 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 12:37 – 14:12
- Rahu Kalam 15:48 – 17:23
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:58 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:58 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 11:02
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:23
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. 04:45 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:58 – 21:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 11:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:02 – 12:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:37 – 14:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:12 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:48 – 17:23 | Good |
| Rog | 17:23 – 18:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:58 – 20:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:23 – 21:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:48 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:37 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:01 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:39 Aries
- 07:39 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 00:58 next day Sagittarius
- 00:58 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 04:20 next day Aquarius
- 04:20 – 05:53 next day Pisces
- 05:53 – 06:15 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