Surat panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 04:24 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 19:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:51 – 17:30
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
19:08 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:30
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. 04:34 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 14:13 | Good |
| Rog | 14:13 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:08 – 20:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:30 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:51 – 23:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:13 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:34 – 01:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:56 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:39 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:07 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:04 Aries
- 06:04 – 08:03 Taurus
- 08:03 – 10:16 Gemini
- 10:16 – 12:31 Cancer
- 12:31 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 16:50 Virgo
- 16:50 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 21:18 Scorpio
- 21:18 – 23:24 Sagittarius
- 23:24 – 01:11 next day Capricorn
- 01:11 – 02:46 next day Aquarius
- 02:46 – 04:19 next day Pisces
- 04:19 – 06:00 next day Aries
- 06:00 – 06:01 next day Taurus
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