Birmingham panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 08:11 Sunset 16:23 Moonrise 07:15 Pausha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:11 to 16:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam 11:16 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:20 – 15:21
- 15:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
16:23 to 08:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 16:23 – 19:32
- Brahma Muhurta 06:04 – 07:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 16:52
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:36
- Karana Vanija until 16:52, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:36 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 16:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:46 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:16 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:20 – 15:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:36 – 19:12
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 – 07:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:23 – 19:32
Choghadiya
| Char | 08:11 – 09:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:16 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:20 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 16:23 – 18:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:21 – 20:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:20 – 22:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:18 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 02:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:15 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 06:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 06:12 – 08:10 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
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:11 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:05 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 10:14 Aquarius
- 10:14 – 11:03 Pisces
- 11:03 – 12:05 Aries
- 12:05 – 13:41 Taurus
- 13:41 – 16:05 Gemini
- 16:05 – 18:56 Cancer
- 18:56 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 06:12 next day Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:06 next day Sagittarius
- 08:06 – 08:10 next day Capricorn
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