Surat panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 14:29 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 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 12:32 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam 15:34 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:05 – 18:36
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:36 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 17:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:05 – 18:36
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. 04:53 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:28 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 11:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:01 – 12:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:32 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:03 – 15:34 | Good |
| Rog | 15:34 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:05 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:05 – 21:34 | Good |
| Char | 21:34 – 23:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:03 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:59 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:27 Virgo
- 08:27 – 10:40 Libra
- 10:40 – 12:55 Scorpio
- 12:55 – 15:00 Sagittarius
- 15:00 – 16:48 Capricorn
- 16:48 – 18:23 Aquarius
- 18:23 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 21:37 Aries
- 21:37 – 23:36 Taurus
- 23:36 – 01:49 next day Gemini
- 01:49 – 04:04 next day Cancer
- 04:04 – 06:14 next day Leo
- 06:14 – 06:28 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