Surat, Gujarat, India · Monday, 06 Jul 2026

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

06:02

Sunset

19:24

Moonrise

23:37

Moonset

11:19

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Shashthi then Saptami	13:47	Nanda (joyful) Suited in the texts to celebration, art and things begun for pleasure.
Nakshatra	Purva Bhadrapada then Uttara Bhadrapada	16:07	Read as intensity and detachment together - the texts associate it with asceticism, with unusual vision, and with a certain severity.
Yoga	Saubhagya then Shobhana	15:51	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Vanija then Vishti · until 01:41 (07 Jul 2026) then Bava	13:47	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Monday	—	Ruled by the Moon. Favoured for water, travel and domestic matters.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 06:02
Sunset 19:24

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	06:02	—
Sunset	19:24	—
Rahu kaal	07:42	09:22	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	14:23	16:04	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	11:03	12:43	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	12:16	13:10	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:37	05:19	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:58	06:02	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:57	15:50	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	19:24	19:45	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	19:24	20:28	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	00:22	01:04 07 Jul 2026	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	13:10	14:03	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	15:50	16:44	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	07:49	09:29	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	01:50 07 Jul 2026	03:27 07 Jul 2026	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 13 h 22 min
Night length (ratrimana): 10 h 37 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:43
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: East

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Aquarius · until 09:57
then Pisces
Sun sign: Gemini
Nakshatra pada: Purva Bhadrapada pada 3 · until 09:57
Purva Bhadrapada pada 4 · until 16:07
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 1 · until 22:15
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 2 · until 04:21 (07 Jul 2026)
Uttara Bhadrapada pada 3
Sun's nakshatra: Ardra pada 4 · until 12:03
then Punarvasu pada 1
Anandadi yoga: Musala · until 16:07
then Gada
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083
Gujarati samvat: 2082 Pingala
Ritu (by lunar month): Grishma
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Varsha
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): West · until 09:57
then North
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): North-west

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	To	What the texts say
Ravi yoga	06:02	12:03	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Ravi yoga	16:07	06:02 07 Jul 2026	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	13:47	01:41 07 Jul 2026	The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here. on earth
Ganda moola	Not today		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Whole day		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Amrit	06:02	07:42	best anything at all
Kaal	07:42	09:22	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	09:22	11:03	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	11:03	12:43	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	12:43	14:23	avoid government work only
Chal	14:23	16:04	neutral travel and movement
Labh	16:04	17:44	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	17:44	19:24	best anything at all

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Chal	19:24	20:44	neutral travel and movement
Rog	20:44	22:04	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	22:04	23:23	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	23:23	00:43	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	00:43	02:03	avoid government work only
Shubh	02:03	03:23	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	03:23	04:42	best anything at all
Chal	04:42	06:02	neutral travel and movement

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Uthi	06:02	07:42	neutral ordinary work
Soram	07:42	09:22	avoid nothing new
Rogam	09:22	11:03	avoid medicine only
Visham	11:03	12:43	avoid nothing new
Labham	12:43	14:23	good gain, new work
Dhanam	14:23	16:04	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	16:04	17:44	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	17:44	19:24	best anything auspicious

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Moon	06:02	07:08	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
2	Saturn	07:08	08:15	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
3	Jupiter	08:15	09:22	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
4	Mars	09:22	10:29	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
5	Sun	10:29	11:36	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
6	Venus	11:36	12:43	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
7	Mercury	12:43	13:50	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
8	Moon	13:50	14:57	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
9	Saturn	14:57	16:04	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
10	Jupiter	16:04	17:10	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
11	Mars	17:10	18:17	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
12	Sun	18:17	19:24	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
13 night	Venus	19:24	20:17	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
14 night	Mercury	20:17	21:10	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
15 night	Moon	21:10	22:04	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
16 night	Saturn	22:04	22:57	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
17 night	Jupiter	22:57	23:50	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
18 night	Mars	23:50	00:43	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
19 night	Sun	00:43	01:36	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
20 night	Venus	01:36	02:29	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
21 night	Mercury	02:29	03:23	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
22 night	Moon	03:23	04:16	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
23 night	Saturn	04:16	05:09	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
24 night	Jupiter	05:09	06:02	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora

Festivals and observances

Nothing marked on this date.