Surat panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:04 Moonrise 12:17 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 19:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:07 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:42 – 14:17
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
19:04 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:04 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:42 – 14:17
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 13:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:04 – 21:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:19 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:42 | Good |
| Rog | 12:42 – 14:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:17 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Char | 15:53 – 17:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:29 – 19:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:04 – 20:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:29 – 21:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:53 – 23:18 | Good |
| Char | 23:18 – 00:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:42 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 10:32 Virgo
- 10:32 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 15:01 Scorpio
- 15:01 – 17:06 Sagittarius
- 17:06 – 18:54 Capricorn
- 18:54 – 20:29 Aquarius
- 20:29 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 23:43 Aries
- 23:43 – 01:42 next day Taurus
- 01:42 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 06:10 next day Cancer
- 06:10 – 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