Surat panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:07 Moonrise 09:34 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 19:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 12:42 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam 15:55 – 17:31
- Durmuhurta 17:24 – 18:15
- Rahu Kalam 17:31 – 19:07
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:07 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:07 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:24 – 18:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:31 – 19:07
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:49 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:17 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:07 – 21:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:18 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:42 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:18 – 15:55 | Good |
| Rog | 15:55 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:31 – 21:55 | Good |
| Char | 21:55 – 23:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:19 – 00:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:43 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:07 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 08:35 Leo
- 08:35 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 12:57 Libra
- 12:57 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:18 Sagittarius
- 17:18 – 19:06 Capricorn
- 19:06 – 20:40 Aquarius
- 20:40 – 22:13 Pisces
- 22:13 – 23:55 Aries
- 23:55 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:07 next day Gemini
- 04:07 – 06:18 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