Surat panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 12:35 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:10 to 17:59- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:52 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta 10:46 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam 13:55 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:49
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:59 to 07:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:52 – 11:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:46 – 11:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:49
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 – 06:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:31 – 09:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:52 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Char | 11:13 – 12:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:34 – 13:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:55 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 17:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:59 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:55 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:34 – 02:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:13 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:10 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
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:10 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:24 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:37 Aquarius
- 12:37 – 14:09 Pisces
- 14:09 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 07:05 next day Scorpio
- 07:05 – 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