Surat panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 11:32 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:12- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:45
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:12 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:45
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:35 – 06:47
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:51 | Good |
| Rog | 13:51 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:12 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:51 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:02 – 06:35 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:44 Virgo
- 06:44 – 08:57 Libra
- 08:57 – 11:12 Scorpio
- 11:12 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 15:06 Capricorn
- 15:06 – 16:41 Aquarius
- 16:41 – 18:13 Pisces
- 18:13 – 19:55 Aries
- 19:55 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:07 next day Gemini
- 00:07 – 02:22 next day Cancer
- 02:22 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 06:35 next day Virgo
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