Birmingham panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 08:20 Sunset 16:02 Moonrise 10:02 Pausha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:20 to 16:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:13 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:09
- 09:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
16:02 to 08:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:02 – 19:18
- Brahma Muhurta 06:09 – 07:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 20:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:36
- Karana Balava until 09:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 20:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:13 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:09
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. 06:09 – 07:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:02 – 19:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:20 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:20 – 09:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:13 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:02 – 18:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:04 – 20:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:07 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 06:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:17 – 08:19 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
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:09 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 14:39 Taurus
- 14:39 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:54 Cancer
- 19:54 – 22:46 Leo
- 22:46 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 07:10 next day Scorpio
- 07:10 – 08:19 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