Is Today a Dry Day in Surat?
Sad pour, friend: Gujarat is a dry state. Alcohol access is restricted by prohibition rules even when the calendar is not marking a one-day dry day.
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Dry days in Surat, Gujarat
Sad pour, friend: Gujarat is a dry state. Alcohol access is restricted by prohibition rules even when the calendar is not marking a one-day dry day. Surat follows Gujarat alcohol and dry-day rules. For Gujarat, the bigger question is not only whether a date is a dry day; alcohol access is already restricted by state prohibition rules.
In Gujarat, ordinary liquor sale and service are restricted by prohibition rules, and additional notified dry days or holidays can still affect permitted access.
Legal drinking age note: 21 for eligible permit holders in common guidance.