Surat panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:05 Moonrise 11:22 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 19:05- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:43
- Yamaganda 09:30 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 12:42 – 14:18
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:29
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
19:05 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 19:05 – 21:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:29
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) 12:16 – 13:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:05 – 21:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:55 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Char | 09:30 – 11:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:06 – 12:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:42 – 14:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:18 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:29 | Good |
| Rog | 17:29 – 19:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 19:05 – 20:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:29 – 21:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:54 – 23:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:18 – 00:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:42 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:55 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:17 Cancer
- 06:17 – 08:27 Leo
- 08:27 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:04 Scorpio
- 15:04 – 17:10 Sagittarius
- 17:10 – 18:58 Capricorn
- 18:58 – 20:33 Aquarius
- 20:33 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:47 Aries
- 23:47 – 01:46 next day Taurus
- 01:46 – 03:59 next day Gemini
- 03:59 – 06:13 next day Cancer
- 06:13 – 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