Birmingham panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:09 Moonrise 05:59 Vaishakha month
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · 52.48°, -1.90° · Europe/London (UTC+01:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 20:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:05 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 11:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:39 – 13:35
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:38
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
20:09 to 06:02 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 20:09 – 22:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:41
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:40 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 19:26
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:38
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. 04:45 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:39 – 13:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:09 – 22:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:05 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:50 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 11:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:21 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 18:24 – 20:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:06 – 02:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:20 – 03:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:34 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:48 – 06:02 next day | Good |
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
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:05 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:05 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:05 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:13 Aquarius
- 05:13 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 19:39 Virgo
- 19:39 – 22:32 Libra
- 22:32 – 01:10 next day Scorpio
- 01:10 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 05:09 next day Aquarius
- 05:09 – 05:58 next day Pisces
- 05:58 – 06:02 next day Aries
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