Surat panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 12:03 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:09 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:30 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:55 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:34 – 13:55
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:58 to 07:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 05:24 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:30 – 09:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:34 – 13:55
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 05:24 – 06:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:09 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:30 – 09:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:51 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:34 | Good |
| Rog | 12:34 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:34 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:10 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
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:13 Pisces
- 14:13 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:07 Gemini
- 20:07 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 07:09 next day Scorpio
- 07:09 – 07:10 next day Sagittarius
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