Surat panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 19:04 Moonrise 23:17 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 19:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:58 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:12
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:04 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:04 – 21:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:58 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:12
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. 04:37 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:04 – 21:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:58 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Char | 15:50 – 17:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:27 – 19:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:27 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:57 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:58 Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:38 Libra
- 19:38 – 21:53 Scorpio
- 21:53 – 23:59 Sagittarius
- 23:59 – 01:47 next day Capricorn
- 01:47 – 03:21 next day Aquarius
- 03:21 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:05 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