Surat panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 22:50 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:36 – 09:57
- Yamaganda 11:18 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:18 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 14:01 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 15:54
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:04 to 07:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 05:30 – 06:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:58
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 17:55
- Karana Taitila until 14:58, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:36 – 09:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:18 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 15:54
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. 05:30 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 07:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:36 – 09:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:57 – 11:18 | Good |
| Rog | 11:18 – 12:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:40 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Char | 14:01 – 15:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:22 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:04 | Good |
| Char | 18:04 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:22 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:01 – 00:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:40 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:19 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:37 – 07:15 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
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:30 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:22 next day Scorpio
- 06:22 – 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