Surat panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 07:18 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:05 to 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:26 – 09:48
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 13:52
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:56 to 07:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 05:20 – 06:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:26 – 09:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 13:52
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. 05:20 – 06:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:26 – 09:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:48 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:34 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:31 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:48 – 05:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:06 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
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 05:25 Libra
- 05:25 – 07:40 Scorpio
- 07:40 – 09:46 Sagittarius
- 09:46 – 11:34 Capricorn
- 11:34 – 13:08 Aquarius
- 13:08 – 14:41 Pisces
- 14:41 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:49 Cancer
- 22:49 – 00:59 next day Leo
- 00:59 – 03:08 next day Virgo
- 03:08 – 05:21 next day Libra
- 05:21 – 07:06 next day Scorpio
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