Surat panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 21:36 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 19:03- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:58 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 14:12 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta 15:36 – 16:28
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:03 to 06:06 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:36 – 16:28
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. 04:38 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:03 – 21:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:58 | Good |
| Rog | 10:58 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Char | 14:12 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:26 – 19:03 | Good |
| Char | 19:03 – 20:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:26 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:49 – 23:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:12 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 01:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:58 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:47 Aries
- 06:47 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:14 Cancer
- 13:14 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:01 Scorpio
- 22:01 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 03:29 next day Aquarius
- 03:29 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:06 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