Surat panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 18:08 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 18:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 10:00 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:04 – 15:25
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:08 to 07:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:00 – 11:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:04 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 next day
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 – 06:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:00 | Good |
| Rog | 10:00 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 12:43 | Bad |
| Char | 12:43 – 14:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:04 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 23:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:04 – 00:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:43 – 02:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:21 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:00 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:17 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:06 Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 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