Birmingham panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:40 Moonrise 19:24 Chaitra month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 19:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:20 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam 11:34 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:46 – 13:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:49
- 10:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:40 to 06:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:40 – 21:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:13 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:11 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:20
- Karana Vishti until 14:51, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:20 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:20 – 09:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:34 – 13:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:49
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. 05:14 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:46 – 13:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:40 – 21:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 11:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:47 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:20 – 09:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:57 – 11:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:34 – 13:11 | Good |
| Rog | 13:11 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Char | 16:26 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 18:03 – 19:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:10 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:18 – 06:41 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:14 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 07:09 Pisces
- 07:09 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 15:01 Cancer
- 15:01 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:11 next day Sagittarius
- 04:11 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:41 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 BST (UTC+1) · Method