Surat panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:09 Moonrise 07:02 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 19:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam 14:13 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:39 – 16:31
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
19:09 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:09 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:13 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:39 – 16:31
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. 04:33 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 06:00 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:35 – 14:13 | Bad |
| Char | 14:13 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:31 – 19:09 | Good |
| Char | 19:09 – 20:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:31 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:52 – 23:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:13 – 00:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:35 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:52 Aries
- 05:52 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:04 Gemini
- 10:04 – 12:19 Cancer
- 12:19 – 14:29 Leo
- 14:29 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:51 Libra
- 18:51 – 21:06 Scorpio
- 21:06 – 23:12 Sagittarius
- 23:12 – 01:00 next day Capricorn
- 01:00 – 02:34 next day Aquarius
- 02:34 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:48 next day Aries
- 05:48 – 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