Surat panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 11:31 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam 14:12 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:26
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:59 to 06:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:32 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 11:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 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. 04:44 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 06:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Char | 11:01 – 12:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:37 – 14:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:12 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 18:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:23 – 21:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:48 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:12 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:36 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:01 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 06:13 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