Surat panchang, 20 January 2027
Sunrise 07:19 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 15:59 Pausha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:19 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:27 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:27 – 13:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:49 – 14:12
- 14:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:19 to 07:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:35 – 06:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 22:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:59, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:27 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:49 – 14:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:23 – 18:08 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. 05:35 – 06:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:27 – 13:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:19 – 16:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:17 – 07:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:04 – 11:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:27 – 12:49 | Good |
| Rog | 12:49 – 14:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:12 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:12 | Good |
| Char | 23:12 – 00:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:49 – 02:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:27 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:19 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
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:35 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:37 Aries
- 13:37 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 02:36 next day Libra
- 02:36 – 04:51 next day Scorpio
- 04:51 – 06:57 next day Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 07:19 next day Capricorn
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