Surat panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 09:41 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:07 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 07:50 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:49 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 13:53 – 15:14
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:57 to 07:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:22 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:50 – 08:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:49 – 11:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 05:21 – 06:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:07 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 07:07 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 07:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:28 – 09:49 | Good |
| Rog | 09:49 – 11:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:11 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 – 13:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:53 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:32 – 02:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:11 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:07 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
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:21 – 07:28 Scorpio
- 07:28 – 09:34 Sagittarius
- 09:34 – 11:22 Capricorn
- 11:22 – 12:57 Aquarius
- 12:57 – 14:29 Pisces
- 14:29 – 16:11 Aries
- 16:11 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:23 Gemini
- 20:23 – 22:37 Cancer
- 22:37 – 00:47 next day Leo
- 00:47 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 07:07 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