Surat panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 06:02 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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 19:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 12:35 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam 15:52 – 17:30
- Durmuhurta 17:24 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam 17:30 – 19:09
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
19:09 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:24 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:30 – 19:09
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 19:09 – 21:19
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:35 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:13 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:30 – 19:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:30 – 21:52 | Good |
| Char | 21:52 – 23:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:13 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:34 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:00 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 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:56 Aries
- 05:56 – 07:55 Taurus
- 07:55 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 12:23 Cancer
- 12:23 – 14:33 Leo
- 14:33 – 16:42 Virgo
- 16:42 – 18:55 Libra
- 18:55 – 21:10 Scorpio
- 21:10 – 23:16 Sagittarius
- 23:16 – 01:04 next day Capricorn
- 01:04 – 02:38 next day Aquarius
- 02:38 – 04:11 next day Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:52 next day Aries
- 05:52 – 06:00 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