Surat panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 19:12 Moonrise 01:11 Ashadha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 19:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:21 – 15:58
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
19:12 to 06:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:12 – 21:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:51 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:59, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:02 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:58
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 13:59 – 16:51
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. 04:47 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:12 – 21:25
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:15 – 13:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:07 – 12:44 | Bad |
| Char | 12:44 – 14:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:21 – 15:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:58 – 17:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:35 – 21:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:58 – 23:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:21 – 00:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:44 – 02:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:07 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:30 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:57 Cancer
- 06:57 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:16 Virgo
- 11:16 – 13:29 Libra
- 13:29 – 15:44 Scorpio
- 15:44 – 17:49 Sagittarius
- 17:49 – 19:37 Capricorn
- 19:37 – 21:12 Aquarius
- 21:12 – 22:44 Pisces
- 22:44 – 00:26 next day Aries
- 00:26 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:38 next day Gemini
- 04:38 – 06:16 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