Surat panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 04:44 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:31 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:55
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:59 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:55
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. 05:24 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 07:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 07:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:10 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:31 – 09:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:52 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:14 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 14:08 Pisces
- 14:08 – 15:50 Aries
- 15:50 – 17:49 Taurus
- 17:49 – 20:02 Gemini
- 20:02 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 07:04 next day Scorpio
- 07:04 – 07:10 next day Sagittarius
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