Surat panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 05:19 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta 09:31 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam 11:26 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:10
- Durmuhurta 13:10 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:32 – 16:55
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:17 to 07:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:31 – 10:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:10 – 13:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:32 – 16:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 05:35 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:19 – 08:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:41 – 10:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:04 – 11:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:26 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:48 – 14:10 | Good |
| Rog | 14:10 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:32 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:32 – 23:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:10 – 00:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:48 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:41 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 09:03 Capricorn
- 09:03 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:51 Taurus
- 15:51 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 00:38 next day Virgo
- 00:38 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:06 next day Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:11 next day Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 07:19 next day Capricorn
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