Surat panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 05:13 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta 10:32 – 11:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:13 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:35 – 16:25
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:57 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 11:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:32 – 11:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:35 – 16:25
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. 04:49 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 06:19 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 11:04 | Bad |
| Char | 11:04 – 12:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:38 – 14:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:13 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:22 – 21:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:47 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:12 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:16 Pisces
- 06:16 – 07:58 Aries
- 07:58 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:25 Cancer
- 14:25 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 20:57 Libra
- 20:57 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:18 next day Sagittarius
- 01:18 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:40 next day Aquarius
- 04:40 – 06:13 next day Pisces
- 06:13 – 06:19 next day Aries
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