Surat panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 05:52 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 11:03 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:03
- Durmuhurta 13:03 – 13:54
- Yamaganda 15:47 – 17:22
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:57 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:03 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:03 – 13:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:22
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. 04:48 – 05:33
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:19 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 06:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 11:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:03 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:38 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Char | 17:22 – 18:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:22 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:47 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:38 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:03 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:13 Pisces
- 06:13 – 07:54 Aries
- 07:54 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 20:53 Libra
- 20:53 – 23:08 Scorpio
- 23:08 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 03:01 next day Capricorn
- 03:01 – 04:36 next day Aquarius
- 04:36 – 06:09 next day Pisces
- 06:09 – 06:18 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