Surat panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 16:30 Bhadrapada month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 11:00 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 14:01
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:33 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 14:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 06:28 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. 04:53 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 11:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:00 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:00 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:15 Virgo
- 08:15 – 10:28 Libra
- 10:28 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:36 Capricorn
- 16:36 – 18:11 Aquarius
- 18:11 – 19:43 Pisces
- 19:43 – 21:25 Aries
- 21:25 – 23:24 Taurus
- 23:24 – 01:37 next day Gemini
- 01:37 – 03:52 next day Cancer
- 03:52 – 06:02 next day Leo
- 06:02 – 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