Surat panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:01 Moonrise 15:49 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 19:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 12:41 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam 15:51 – 17:26
- Durmuhurta 17:20 – 18:11
- Rahu Kalam 17:26 – 19:01
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:01 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 19:01 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 07:04 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:11, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:41 – 14:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:20 – 18:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:26 – 19:01
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. 04:50 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:01 – 21:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 17:44
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 17:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 17:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 11:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:06 – 12:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:41 – 14:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:16 – 15:51 | Good |
| Rog | 15:51 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:26 – 21:51 | Good |
| Char | 21:51 – 23:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:16 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:41 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:31 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:56 – 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
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:17 Virgo
- 10:17 – 12:30 Libra
- 12:30 – 14:45 Scorpio
- 14:45 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 18:38 Capricorn
- 18:38 – 20:13 Aquarius
- 20:13 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:26 next day Taurus
- 01:26 – 03:39 next day Gemini
- 03:39 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 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