Surat panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 04:54 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:17 – 09:47
- Yamaganda 11:17 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 13:11 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:17 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:23
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:47 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:22 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:17 – 09:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:17 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:11 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:23
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. 05:11 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 21:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:47 – 08:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:17 – 09:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:47 – 11:17 | Good |
| Rog | 11:17 – 12:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:47 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Char | 14:17 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:17 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:17 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:47 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:17 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:47 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:16 – 03:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:46 – 05:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:16 – 06:46 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
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:11 – 05:11 Capricorn
- 05:11 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 10:00 Aries
- 10:00 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 16:27 Cancer
- 16:27 – 18:37 Leo
- 18:37 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:14 next day Scorpio
- 01:14 – 03:19 next day Sagittarius
- 03:19 – 05:07 next day Capricorn
- 05:07 – 06:42 next day Aquarius
- 06:42 – 06:46 next day Pisces
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