Birmingham panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:37 Phalguna month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:49
- 12:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:12 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:52 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 02:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 16:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:45 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:53 – 15:29 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. 04:43 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:12 | Good |
| Char | 18:12 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:30 Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:22 Aquarius
- 06:22 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:13 Gemini
- 12:13 – 15:04 Cancer
- 15:04 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 20:49 Virgo
- 20:49 – 23:42 Libra
- 23:42 – 02:20 next day Scorpio
- 02:20 – 04:14 next day Sagittarius
- 04:14 – 05:27 next day Capricorn
- 05:27 – 06:18 next day Aquarius
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