Surat panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 19:06 Moonrise 10:28 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 19:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:06 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:17 – 13:08
- Durmuhurta 13:08 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 14:18 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:32
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:06 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:06 – 21:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:08 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:18 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:32
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:18 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 – 05:34
- 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 19:06 – 21:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:06 | Good |
| Rog | 11:06 – 12:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:42 – 14:18 | Bad |
| Char | 14:18 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:30 – 19:06 | Good |
| Char | 19:06 – 20:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:30 – 21:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:54 – 23:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:18 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:42 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:21 Cancer
- 06:21 – 08:31 Leo
- 08:31 – 10:40 Virgo
- 10:40 – 12:53 Libra
- 12:53 – 15:08 Scorpio
- 15:08 – 17:14 Sagittarius
- 17:14 – 19:02 Capricorn
- 19:02 – 20:37 Aquarius
- 20:37 – 22:09 Pisces
- 22:09 – 23:51 Aries
- 23:51 – 01:50 next day Taurus
- 01:50 – 04:03 next day Gemini
- 04:03 – 06:17 next day Cancer
- 06:17 – 06:19 next day Leo
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