Surat panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 06:07 Phalguna month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:16 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:22 – 13:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:46 – 14:17
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:48 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:16 – 09:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:46 – 14:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:35 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. 05:10 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:22 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 21:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:16 – 09:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:46 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:46 | Good |
| Rog | 12:46 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:17 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:17 – 21:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:47 – 23:16 | Good |
| Char | 23:16 – 00:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:46 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:45 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:44 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:47 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:47 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:10 – 06:38 Aquarius
- 06:38 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 18:29 Leo
- 18:29 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:06 next day Scorpio
- 01:06 – 03:12 next day Sagittarius
- 03:12 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:34 next day Aquarius
- 06:34 – 06:44 next day Pisces
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