Surat panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 16:10 Ashwin month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:41
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:07 to 06:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:36
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:08
- Karana Balava until 14:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:08 – 01:44 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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:38 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:30 – 10:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:56 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:57 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:38 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:17 Virgo
- 06:17 – 08:30 Libra
- 08:30 – 10:45 Scorpio
- 10:45 – 12:51 Sagittarius
- 12:51 – 14:38 Capricorn
- 14:38 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:39 Gemini
- 23:39 – 01:54 next day Cancer
- 01:54 – 04:04 next day Leo
- 04:04 – 06:13 next day Virgo
- 06:13 – 06:38 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