Surat panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 09:17 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 19:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:35 – 14:14
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
19:10 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:14
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 19:10 – 21:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:35 | Good |
| Rog | 12:35 – 14:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:14 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:31 – 19:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:31 – 21:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:52 – 23:14 | Good |
| Char | 23:14 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:45 Aries
- 05:45 – 07:44 Taurus
- 07:44 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 14:21 Leo
- 14:21 – 16:30 Virgo
- 16:30 – 18:43 Libra
- 18:43 – 20:58 Scorpio
- 20:58 – 23:04 Sagittarius
- 23:04 – 00:52 next day Capricorn
- 00:52 – 02:26 next day Aquarius
- 02:26 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:41 next day Aries
- 05:41 – 05:59 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