Surat panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 07:12 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 15:15 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:12 to 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 09:54
- Yamaganda 11:15 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 12:58
- Durmuhurta 12:58 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:51
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:00 to 07:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 05:27 – 06:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 09:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:58 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:51
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) 12:15 – 12:58
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:33 – 09:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:54 – 11:15 | Good |
| Rog | 11:15 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:36 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:57 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:36 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:15 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:54 – 05:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:33 – 07:12 next day | Neutral |
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
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:26 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:49 next day Scorpio
- 06:49 – 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