Birmingham panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 08:06 Sunset 16:31 Moonrise 09:23 Magha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
08:06 to 16:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:15 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:22
- 08:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 09:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
16:31 to 08:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 16:31 – 19:38
- Brahma Muhurta 06:00 – 07:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:17
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 13:28
- Karana Taitila until 09:18, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:28 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 09:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:31 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:15 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:06 – 08:28
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. 06:01 – 07:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:31 – 19:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:28 – 08:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:12 – 11:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:15 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 16:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 16:31 – 18:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:28 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 02:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:15 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 06:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 06:08 – 08:05 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
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 06:01 – 07:51 Sagittarius
- 07:51 – 09:03 Capricorn
- 09:03 – 09:55 Aquarius
- 09:55 – 10:44 Pisces
- 10:44 – 11:46 Aries
- 11:46 – 13:22 Taurus
- 13:22 – 15:46 Gemini
- 15:46 – 18:36 Cancer
- 18:36 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:47 next day Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 08:05 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