Surat panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 14:27 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:11 to 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 12:36 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:00
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:00 to 07:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 05:26 – 06:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 07:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:00
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 07:12 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. 05:26 – 06:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:11 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:11 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:32 – 09:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:53 – 11:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:15 – 12:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:36 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:57 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:36 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:15 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:12 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
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:38 Taurus
- 17:38 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:38 next day Libra
- 04:38 – 06:53 next day Scorpio
- 06:53 – 07:12 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