Birmingham panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 20:28 Moonrise 22:54 Shravana month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 20:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:42 – 13:40
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:50
- 06:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:28 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:28 – 22:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:05
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:58
- Karana Balava until 06:12, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:59 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:58 – 03:34 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. 04:38 – 05:16
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:42 – 13:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:28 – 22:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:05 – 05:55 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 00:08 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:08 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Char | 13:11 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:39 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 21:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:39 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:12 – 02:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:22 – 03:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:33 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 05:55 next day | Good |
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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 11:46 Virgo
- 11:46 – 14:39 Libra
- 14:39 – 17:17 Scorpio
- 17:17 – 19:12 Sagittarius
- 19:12 – 20:24 Capricorn
- 20:24 – 21:16 Aquarius
- 21:16 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:07 Aries
- 23:07 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 03:07 next day Gemini
- 03:07 – 05:55 next day Cancer
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