Surat panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:09 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 19:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 15:52 – 17:31
- Durmuhurta 17:24 – 18:17
- Rahu Kalam 17:31 – 19:09
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
19:09 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:12 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 06:42
- Karana Gara until 18:09, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:24 – 18:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:31 – 19:09
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. 04:33 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:09 – 21:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 18:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:52 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:31 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:13 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:35 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:03 Gemini
- 10:03 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:28 Leo
- 14:28 – 16:37 Virgo
- 16:37 – 18:50 Libra
- 18:50 – 21:05 Scorpio
- 21:05 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 00:59 next day Capricorn
- 00:59 – 02:33 next day Aquarius
- 02:33 – 04:06 next day Pisces
- 04:06 – 05:47 next day Aries
- 05:47 – 06:00 next day Taurus
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