Surat panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:57 Moonrise 06:35 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:48
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:57 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:57 – 21:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:48
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. 04:47 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:57 – 21:13
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:53 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:38 | Bad |
| Char | 12:38 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 18:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:22 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:47 – 23:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:12 – 00:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:37 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:04 Scorpio
- 23:04 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:58 next day Capricorn
- 02:58 – 04:32 next day Aquarius
- 04:32 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:17 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