Surat panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 10:21 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 12:32 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 17:57
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 07:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 05:23 – 06:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:48
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:12 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:14
- Karana Vishti until 16:48, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:14 – 15:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 13:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 17:57
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. 05:22 – 06:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:07 – 08:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:29 – 09:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:50 – 11:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:11 – 12:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:32 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:53 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:57 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:36 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:54 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:33 – 02:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:11 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:29 – 07:08 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 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:22 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:18 Capricorn
- 11:18 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 14:25 Pisces
- 14:25 – 16:07 Aries
- 16:07 – 18:06 Taurus
- 18:06 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:52 next day Virgo
- 02:52 – 05:05 next day Libra
- 05:05 – 07:08 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