Surat panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 11:01 Bhadrapada month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:57 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 14:05
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:40 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:05
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. 04:52 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 21:01
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 06:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 06:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:36 – 23:05 | Good |
| Char | 23:05 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:33 Leo
- 06:33 – 08:42 Virgo
- 08:42 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:10 Scorpio
- 13:10 – 15:16 Sagittarius
- 15:16 – 17:04 Capricorn
- 17:04 – 18:39 Aquarius
- 18:39 – 20:11 Pisces
- 20:11 – 21:53 Aries
- 21:53 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:05 next day Gemini
- 02:05 – 04:19 next day Cancer
- 04:19 – 06:27 next day Leo
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