Surat panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 21:50 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 12:39 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:04
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:04 to 07:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:53
- Karana Balava until 17:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:04
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. 05:29 – 06:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:18 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:36 – 09:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:57 – 11:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:18 – 12:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:39 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 23:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:00 – 00:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:39 – 02:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:18 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:36 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:29 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 07:15 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