Surat panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 20:22 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 11:22 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:05
- Durmuhurta 13:05 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:05 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 15:59
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:09 to 07:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:33 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:47
- Karana Gara until 09:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:22 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:05 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 15:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02 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. 05:33 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:18 – 13:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:22 | Good |
| Rog | 11:22 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:44 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Char | 14:05 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 23:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:05 – 00:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:44 – 02:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:22 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:39 – 07:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:21 next day Virgo
- 01:21 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:18 next day Sagittarius
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