Surat panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 07:13 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 18:26 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 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:55 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta 10:50 – 11:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:16 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam 13:59 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:52
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:02 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 05:28 – 06:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:07 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Balava until 17:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:55 – 11:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:50 – 11:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:52
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:13 – 01:47 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. 05:28 – 06:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:02 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 07:14 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 07:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:34 – 09:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:55 – 11:17 | Bad |
| Char | 11:17 – 12:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:38 – 13:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:59 – 15:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:20 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:20 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:59 – 00:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:38 – 02:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:17 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:14 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
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:28 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 06:37 next day Scorpio
- 06:37 – 07:14 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