Birmingham panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 06:01 Phalguna month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+00:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:46
- 14:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:06 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:15 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:23 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 23:51 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 22:31
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:13, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:06 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:31 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:46
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 00:06 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 23:06 – 01:05 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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:14 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:23 Capricorn
- 05:23 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 07:04 Pisces
- 07:04 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 12:05 Gemini
- 12:05 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 20:41 Virgo
- 20:41 – 23:34 Libra
- 23:34 – 02:12 next day Scorpio
- 02:12 – 04:07 next day Sagittarius
- 04:07 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
- 05:19 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
- 06:11 – 06:14 next day Pisces
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