Surat panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 19:21 Moonrise 09:57 Ashadha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 19:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:24 – 16:03
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
19:21 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:21 – 21:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 11:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:24 – 16:03
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 06:08 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. 04:41 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:21 – 21:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:05 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Char | 12:44 – 14:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:24 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:42 – 19:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:42 – 22:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:03 – 23:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:24 – 00:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:45 – 02:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:05 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:05 Gemini
- 06:05 – 08:19 Cancer
- 08:19 – 10:29 Leo
- 10:29 – 12:38 Virgo
- 12:38 – 14:51 Libra
- 14:51 – 17:06 Scorpio
- 17:06 – 19:12 Sagittarius
- 19:12 – 21:00 Capricorn
- 21:00 – 22:34 Aquarius
- 22:34 – 00:07 next day Pisces
- 00:07 – 01:49 next day Aries
- 01:49 – 03:48 next day Taurus
- 03:48 – 06:01 next day Gemini
- 06:01 – 06:08 next day Cancer
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