Surat panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 16:59 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:17 to 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta 09:27 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam 11:21 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:20 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 13:04 – 13:47
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 16:46
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:07 to 07:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:27 – 10:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:21 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:04 – 13:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 16:46
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. 05:32 – 06:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:20 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:17 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:17 – 08:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:00 – 11:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:21 – 12:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:42 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 23:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:04 – 00:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:42 – 02:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:21 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:38 – 07:17 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
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:33 Aquarius
- 11:33 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 07:17 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