Surat panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:00 Moonrise 16:36 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 19:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:05 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:06
- Durmuhurta 13:06 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 14:15 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:38 – 16:28
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
19:00 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 19:00 – 21:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:04
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:06 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:15 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:38 – 16:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 20:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:28 – 06:21 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. 04:50 – 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 19:00 – 21:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:05 | Good |
| Rog | 11:05 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:40 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Char | 14:15 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:25 – 19:00 | Good |
| Char | 19:00 – 20:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:26 – 21:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:51 – 23:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:16 – 00:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:41 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:06 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:21 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 08:04 Leo
- 08:04 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:26 Libra
- 12:26 – 14:41 Scorpio
- 14:41 – 16:46 Sagittarius
- 16:46 – 18:34 Capricorn
- 18:34 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 23:23 Aries
- 23:23 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 06:21 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