Birmingham panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 08:16 Sunset 15:52 Moonrise 19:13 Margashirsha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:16 to 15:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:01
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
15:52 to 08:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 15:52 – 19:09
- Brahma Muhurta 06:05 – 07:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:33 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:28 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 14:03
- Karana Bava until 16:28, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 04:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:33 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:03 – 13:03 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. 06:05 – 07:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 15:52 – 19:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:16 – 09:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:10 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:01 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Char | 13:58 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 15:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:58 – 22:01 | Good |
| Char | 22:01 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 06:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:13 – 08:16 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
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:05 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:03 Sagittarius
- 10:03 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 05:27 next day Libra
- 05:27 – 08:05 next day Scorpio
- 08:05 – 08:16 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 GMT (UTC+0) · Method