Surat panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 00:02 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 19:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:57 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:50 – 17:27
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
19:05 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:57 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:27
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 – 05:21
- 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 19:05 – 21:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:05 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:57 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 14:12 | Good |
| Rog | 14:12 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:27 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:50 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:50 Pisces
- 04:50 – 06:32 Aries
- 06:32 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:08 Leo
- 15:08 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:45 Scorpio
- 21:45 – 23:51 Sagittarius
- 23:51 – 01:39 next day Capricorn
- 01:39 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:46 next day Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:04 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