Surat panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 19:04 Moonrise 13:12 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:30 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta 10:34 – 11:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:17 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:40 – 16:31
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
19:04 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:04 – 21:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:34 – 11:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:17 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:40 – 16:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:30 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Char | 11:06 – 12:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:42 – 14:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:17 – 15:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:53 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:28 – 21:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:53 – 23:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:17 – 00:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:42 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:10 Cancer
- 06:10 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 10:28 Virgo
- 10:28 – 12:41 Libra
- 12:41 – 14:57 Scorpio
- 14:57 – 17:02 Sagittarius
- 17:02 – 18:50 Capricorn
- 18:50 – 20:25 Aquarius
- 20:25 – 21:57 Pisces
- 21:57 – 23:39 Aries
- 23:39 – 01:38 next day Taurus
- 01:38 – 03:51 next day Gemini
- 03:51 – 06:06 next day Cancer
- 06:06 – 06:20 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