Surat panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 00:44 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 19:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:12 – 15:50
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:05 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:12 – 15:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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. 04:36 – 05:20
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:57 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Char | 12:35 – 14:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:12 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:28 – 19:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:05 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:28 – 21:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:50 – 23:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:12 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:34 – 01:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:57 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 04:46 Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:28 Aries
- 06:28 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:40 Gemini
- 10:40 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:42 Scorpio
- 21:42 – 23:47 Sagittarius
- 23:47 – 01:35 next day Capricorn
- 01:35 – 03:10 next day Aquarius
- 03:10 – 04:42 next day Pisces
- 04:42 – 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