Surat panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 07:36 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam 11:26 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:29 – 13:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:18
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:37 to 07:07 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 21:07
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:26 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:18
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. 05:28 – 06:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:29 – 13:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 21:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:00 – 11:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:26 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:18 – 15:44 | Bad |
| Char | 15:44 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:10 – 21:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:44 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:52 – 02:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:26 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:07 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
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:53 Capricorn
- 06:53 – 08:28 Aquarius
- 08:28 – 10:01 Pisces
- 10:01 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:41 Taurus
- 13:41 – 15:54 Gemini
- 15:54 – 18:09 Cancer
- 18:09 – 20:19 Leo
- 20:19 – 22:28 Virgo
- 22:28 – 00:41 next day Libra
- 00:41 – 02:56 next day Scorpio
- 02:56 – 05:02 next day Sagittarius
- 05:02 – 06:50 next day Capricorn
- 06:50 – 07:07 next day Aquarius
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