Surat panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 05:09 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:01 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta 06:01 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:13 – 15:52
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
19:08 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:01 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:52
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 – 05:17
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:01 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:39 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Char | 12:35 – 14:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:13 – 15:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:52 – 17:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:30 – 19:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:30 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:51 – 23:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:13 – 00:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:34 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:01 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:00 Aries
- 06:00 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:12 Gemini
- 10:12 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 18:59 Libra
- 18:59 – 21:14 Scorpio
- 21:14 – 23:20 Sagittarius
- 23:20 – 01:07 next day Capricorn
- 01:07 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 04:15 next day Pisces
- 04:15 – 05:56 next day Aries
- 05:56 – 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