Surat panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:59 Moonrise 17:57 Shravana month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:40 – 14:15
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:59 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:59 – 21:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:40 – 14:15
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:48 – 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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:59 – 21:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:30 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:40 | Good |
| Rog | 12:40 – 14:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:15 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:24 – 18:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:24 – 21:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:49 – 23:15 | Good |
| Char | 23:15 – 00:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:40 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:31 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:56 Leo
- 07:56 – 10:05 Virgo
- 10:05 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:33 Scorpio
- 14:33 – 16:39 Sagittarius
- 16:39 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 20:01 Aquarius
- 20:01 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:14 next day Taurus
- 01:14 – 03:27 next day Gemini
- 03:27 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 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