Surat panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 23:12 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:18 to 18:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:02 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta 10:56 – 11:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:23 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:06 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:01
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:11 to 07:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:25
- Karana Gara until 18:43, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:02 – 11:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:56 – 11:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:06 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:24 – 07:19 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. 05:33 – 06:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:23 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:02 – 11:23 | Bad |
| Char | 11:23 – 12:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:45 – 14:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:06 – 15:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:28 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 23:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:07 – 00:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:45 – 02:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:23 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:19 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
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:33 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:47 Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 09:35 Capricorn
- 09:35 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:36 Gemini
- 18:36 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:19 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