Surat panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 19:10 Moonrise 05:36 Ashadha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 19:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:43 – 14:20
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
19:10 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:10 – 21:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:43 – 14:20
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. 04:48 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:10 – 21:23
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:43 | Good |
| Rog | 12:43 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:20 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:33 – 21:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:56 – 23:20 | Good |
| Char | 23:20 – 00:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:43 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:41 Cancer
- 06:41 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 11:00 Virgo
- 11:00 – 13:13 Libra
- 13:13 – 15:28 Scorpio
- 15:28 – 17:34 Sagittarius
- 17:34 – 19:21 Capricorn
- 19:21 – 20:56 Aquarius
- 20:56 – 22:29 Pisces
- 22:29 – 00:10 next day Aries
- 00:10 – 02:09 next day Taurus
- 02:09 – 04:22 next day Gemini
- 04:22 – 06:17 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