Suprabhatam (Sanskrit: सुप्रभातम्, Suprabhātam, literally 'auspicious dawn') is a Sanskrit prayer belonging to the Suprabhātakāvya genre of devotional poetry. It comprises a collection of hymns or verses recited in the early morning hours, traditionally intended to gently awaken a deity in the Hindu tradition.
Compositions in this genre are typically set in the Vasantatilaka metre, a classical Sanskrit metre well suited to the meditative, lyrical character of dawn prayers. The verses generally invoke the deity at daybreak and are part of the wider corpus of stotra literature in Hinduism.
The most widely known work in this genre is the Veṅkaṭeśvarasuprabhātam, recited to awaken the deity Venkateswara. A rendition of this poem by the Carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi is especially popular and is played daily in many homes and temples in the early hours of the morning, particularly at Tirumala Tirupati.
Adapted from the English Wikipedia article on Suprabhatam.