Surat panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 00:42 Margashirsha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:16 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:59 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta 10:53 – 11:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:19 – 13:03
- Rahu Kalam 14:02 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 15:56
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:06 to 07:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:31 – 06:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:32
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:32, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:59 – 11:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:53 – 11:36
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:26 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 15:56
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. 05:31 – 06:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:19 – 13:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:37 – 09:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:59 – 11:20 | Bad |
| Char | 11:20 – 12:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:41 – 14:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:02 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:02 – 00:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:41 – 02:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:20 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:17 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
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:31 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 07:17 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