Surat panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 01:45 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:03
- Yamaganda 11:25 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:25 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 13:08 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam 14:08 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:03
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:14 to 07:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:34 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:25 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:08 – 13:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:08 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 05:34 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:25 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:03 – 11:25 | Good |
| Rog | 11:25 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:46 – 14:08 | Bad |
| Char | 14:08 – 15:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:30 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:30 – 23:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:08 – 00:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:47 – 02:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:25 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:41 – 07:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:34 – 07:31 Sagittarius
- 07:31 – 09:19 Capricorn
- 09:19 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:07 Taurus
- 16:07 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 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