Surat panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 06:11 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:04 – 11:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:11 – 15:33
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:17 to 07:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:11 – 15:33
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 – 20:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:19 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:19 – 08:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:26 – 12:48 | Bad |
| Char | 12:48 – 14:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:11 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:33 – 23:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:11 – 00:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:48 – 02:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:26 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:14 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:34 Aquarius
- 10:34 – 12:06 Pisces
- 12:06 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 22:25 Leo
- 22:25 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:07 next day Sagittarius
- 07:07 – 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