Birmingham panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 20:44 Moonrise 05:11 Vaishakha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 20:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:33 – 13:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:59
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
20:44 to 05:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 20:44 – 22:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:51 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 09:03 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:10
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 13:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:59
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:24 – 09:03
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. 04:14 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:33 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:44 – 22:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:03 – 05:22 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:03 – 05:22 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:51 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:44 – 21:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:49 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:03 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:22 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
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:28 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:41 Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:19 Taurus
- 07:19 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 15:26 Leo
- 15:26 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:44 next day Sagittarius
- 01:44 – 02:56 next day Capricorn
- 02:56 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 05:22 next day Aries
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 BST (UTC+1) · Method