Surat panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 12:35 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 19:00- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:48 – 17:24
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:00 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:01, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:24
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:24 – 03:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:13 – 20:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 06:13 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 19:00 – 21:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:14 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:13 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:36 – 14:12 | Good |
| Rog | 14:12 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:00 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:24 – 21:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:48 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:36 – 02:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:00 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:24 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:41 Scorpio
- 22:41 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:41 next day Pisces
- 05:41 – 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