Surat panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 13:07 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:11
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:11 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:11
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. 04:57 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:30 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:30 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:36 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:28 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 08:49 Libra
- 08:49 – 11:05 Scorpio
- 11:05 – 13:10 Sagittarius
- 13:10 – 14:58 Capricorn
- 14:58 – 16:33 Aquarius
- 16:33 – 18:05 Pisces
- 18:05 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:46 Taurus
- 21:46 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 04:24 next day Leo
- 04:24 – 06:33 next day Virgo
- 06:33 – 06:36 next day Libra
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