Surat panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 17:16 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:13 to 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam 11:16 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 13:58
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:01 to 07:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 06:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 09:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 13:58
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. 05:27 – 06:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:16 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:13 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:13 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:34 – 09:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:55 – 11:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:16 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:58 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:58 | Good |
| Char | 22:58 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:16 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:13 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
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:27 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:39 Capricorn
- 10:39 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:41 next day Scorpio
- 06:41 – 07:13 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