Surat panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:03 Moonrise 14:06 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 11:06 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 13:07
- Durmuhurta 13:07 – 13:58
- Yamaganda 15:52 – 17:27
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
19:03 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:03 – 21:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:07 – 13:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 06:20 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 – 05:35
- 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 19:03 – 21:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 11:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:06 – 12:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:41 – 14:17 | Good |
| Rog | 14:17 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Char | 17:27 – 19:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:28 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:52 – 23:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:17 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:41 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:31 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:25 Virgo
- 10:25 – 12:38 Libra
- 12:38 – 14:53 Scorpio
- 14:53 – 16:58 Sagittarius
- 16:58 – 18:46 Capricorn
- 18:46 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:34 next day Taurus
- 01:34 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 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