Surat panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 13:09 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:31 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta 09:20 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam 11:14 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:38
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:59 to 07:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:25 – 06:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:31 – 09:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:20 – 10:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:38
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 07:11 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. 05:25 – 06:18
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 07:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 07:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 07:10 – 08:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:31 – 09:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:52 – 11:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:14 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 13:56 | Good |
| Rog | 13:56 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 17:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:59 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 02:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:14 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:11 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
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:25 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:59 Gemini
- 19:59 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 07:01 next day Scorpio
- 07:01 – 07:11 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