Surat panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 06:20 Magha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:01
- Yamaganda 11:27 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:15
- Durmuhurta 13:15 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam 14:18 – 15:44
- Durmuhurta 15:33 – 16:18
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:36 to 07:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:15 – 14:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:33 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 05:29 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 21:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:09 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:09 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:01 – 11:27 | Good |
| Rog | 11:27 – 12:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:52 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:44 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 20:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:10 – 21:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:44 – 23:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:18 – 00:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:52 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:26 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:34 – 07:08 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
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 07:01 Capricorn
- 07:01 – 08:36 Aquarius
- 08:36 – 10:08 Pisces
- 10:08 – 11:50 Aries
- 11:50 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 16:02 Gemini
- 16:02 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 20:27 Leo
- 20:27 – 22:36 Virgo
- 22:36 – 00:49 next day Libra
- 00:49 – 03:04 next day Scorpio
- 03:04 – 05:10 next day Sagittarius
- 05:10 – 06:57 next day Capricorn
- 06:57 – 07:08 next day Aquarius
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