Surat panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 12:50 Bhadrapada month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:45
- Yamaganda 15:35 – 17:06
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:38 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:44 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:34
- Karana Vanija until 13:01, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 17:06
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:27 – 22:44
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. 04:52 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 21:00
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 – 14:04 | Good |
| Rog | 14:04 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:35 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:35 – 23:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:04 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:26 Leo
- 06:26 – 08:34 Virgo
- 08:34 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 13:03 Scorpio
- 13:03 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 16:56 Capricorn
- 16:56 – 18:31 Aquarius
- 18:31 – 20:03 Pisces
- 20:03 – 21:45 Aries
- 21:45 – 23:44 Taurus
- 23:44 – 01:57 next day Gemini
- 01:57 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 06:22 next day Leo
- 06:22 – 06:27 next day Virgo
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