Surat panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 07:59 Chaitra month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 07:31 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam 09:44 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:21 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:16 – 15:47
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 06:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:11
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:31 – 08:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:44 – 11:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:16 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 05:07 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:21 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 06:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:13 – 09:44 | Good |
| Rog | 09:44 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:15 – 12:46 | Bad |
| Char | 12:46 – 14:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:16 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:18 – 21:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:47 – 23:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:16 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:45 – 02:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:14 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:43 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:13 – 06:42 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
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 07:59 Pisces
- 07:59 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:52 Gemini
- 13:52 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:17 Leo
- 18:17 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:39 Libra
- 22:39 – 00:54 next day Scorpio
- 00:54 – 03:00 next day Sagittarius
- 03:00 – 04:48 next day Capricorn
- 04:48 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
- 06:22 – 06:42 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